Children are the anchors that hold the mother to life, one mother who has felt this deeply is former Citizen TV journalist Julie Gichuru.
The mother of four (Njeri, Joseph, Kimoshe, and Daniel), took to Facebook to share an act carried out by her kids that had tugged at her heartstrings.
"Got home yesterday to an atmosphere of conspiratorial excitement, and big hugs from my little one and his friends. 'Mum! Close your eyes!' they yelled," she narrated on her Facebook page.
The kids led her to the living room where they had prepared a special note thanking her for being a great mum, and next to the note was a small gift box.
"Laughing and wondering what was going on I did as I was told. In front of me was a large cushion with a note and a small package on it. 'Read the note first!', they yelled, happy and excited," she recounted.
"In a state of pleasant surprise, I opened the note and read it. It was a thank you message. I was so touched," she added.
Julie's children then asked to open the gift box, where she went on to find the prettiest pair of earrings she had ever laid eyes on.
"So very pretty and more precious to me than any jewels ever could be! Wow. I am so thankful," she posted on Facebook.
In 2005, Julie lost a son and she confessed that it was the worst thing to ever happen to her.
While responding to questions from the audience during a poetry session, Julie opened up and tearfully explained how her son died.
"My house help was feeding the child, he got choked, rushed to the hospital, the doctors managed to resuscitate him, but he could not stand the amount of adrenaline injected in his body," she sorrowfully narrated.
In another interview with Kalekye Mumo, she went on to advise mothers to be extra careful especially with babies less than a year old.
“It was incredibly hard and I need to say now that our baby choked on pureed food, and to all the mothers and fathers out there, the biggest cause of child death under one year is choking. Children can choke on liquids and they can choke on solids, we didn’t know that and it happened,” she said in part.
The celebrated media personality is married to Anthony Gichuru -a practicing pilot and entrepreneur.
