There are many things in life that don’t make sense until you go through them, and motherhood is no exception.
Keke Palmer’s message of support to single parents demonstrates how much the first-time mother can now relate with parents after becoming one herself. She came to Instagram to share a touching message in support of single mothers and fathers who do it all.
“I just came on here to say,” the mother of one began, “if you are a single parent pull out your cape. As a matter of fact, unclip your angel wings because I don’t know how else you did it.”
The 29-year-old and her boyfriend, Darius Jackson, recently welcomed their baby boy at the end of February. In the short amount of time since they’ve been inaugurated into the parenthood club, Keke Palmer is already caught up on just how much parenting entails.
Palmer also adds that she doesn’t want her message to sound insensitive to single parents because, “I know there’s a million and one reasons why somebody wants to become a single parent or has become a single parent.”
“Maybe they lost somebody. Maybe they don’t want to deal with somebody. Maybe it’s a choice,” she continued. “But when it comes to raising a kid, I’ve already learned in these short few days that it takes a village and sometimes that’s a privilege.”
The actor addresses all of the single parents, people in her circle to family members and everyone that she doesn’t know, when she says, “It could bring tears to my eyes. I am just truly, profoundly impressed,” she said.