A step-mom already, Mary J. Blige contemplates a baby
Mary J. Blige can’t make up her mind. The award-winning singer has a solid marriage, a beautiful home, famous friends and three beloved step-children, but she just isn’t sure about whether she’s ready — or ever will be ready — to have a child of her own.
I think I’m going to have children … But it’s not something that I have planned.
In helping to raise her step-children with husband Kendu Isaacs — including 7-year-old Nas, 8-year-old Jordan and 20-year-old Briana — Mary noted that "they come around and then they go home."
Your kid is around you 24/7…My child is going to be watching me go up and down on the days that I go down. I don’t want my child to feel what I felt when I was coming up, what it was like for my mother to hurt all the time. So I have a fear. It’s probably one of my biggest fears — a fear of my child suffering, you know, with that energy.
Mary enjoys a good relationship with Nas and Jordan, who — for now — refer to Mary as their ‘friend.’ Although Briana — who was a fan of Mary’s music before they ever met — and Mary needed a little time to warm up to one another, the two are currently close and share similar personalities.
Yeah we were both having issues on the low with each other … But I had to realize that I’m older and I have the most wisdom. I said ‘I’ve got to grow up right now for Bri.’ So I did and now we’re cool. She calls me with all her stories that 20-year-old’s have.
Source: Essence
