{"id":56348,"date":"2022-01-27T07:48:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T07:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=56348"},"modified":"2022-01-27T07:48:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T07:48:53","slug":"i-was-afraid-depressed-confused-actress-iyabo-ojo-recounts-how-she-started-her-journey-as-single-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/01\/27\/i-was-afraid-depressed-confused-actress-iyabo-ojo-recounts-how-she-started-her-journey-as-single-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Was Afraid, Depressed, Confused\u2019 \u2013 Actress Iyabo Ojo Recounts How She Started Her Journey As Single Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Veteran actress Iyabo Ojo has shared an inspiring story of how she began her journey as a single mother.<\/h4>\n<p>The mother-of-two, Festus and Priscilla, had a short-lived marriage that lasted three years. Since the collapse of her marriage in 2001, she had been taking care of her children single-handedly.<\/p>\n<p>In her social media post to mark the popular throwback Thursday, 44-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/01\/23\/actress-iyabo-ojo-tells-parent-why-tiktok-is-not-for-kids-despite-being-a-fun-filled-social-platform\/\">Iyabo Ojo<\/a> said she was afraid, depressed, confused and sometimes felt like a looser, however, she pulled through.<\/p>\n<p>She shared an old image (above) of her and her kids and captioned; \u201cThis year, I began my journey as a single mum with no direction. I was afraid, sometimes depressed, confused, and I always had a lot of anxiety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like a failure; a loser. I felt I wasn\u2019t good enough, I felt little, I didn\u2019t really know how to fit in or even start.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56407\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/adeyinka_oluwamayowa\/2022\/01\/27\/Iyabo-Ojo-kids1.jpeg\" alt=\"\u2018I Was Afraid, Depressed, Confused\u2019 \u2013 Actress Iyabo Ojo Recounts How She Started Her Journey As Single Mother\" width=\"1080\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/adeyinka_oluwamayowa\/2022\/01\/27\/Iyabo-Ojo-kids1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/adeyinka_oluwamayowa\/2022\/01\/27\/Iyabo-Ojo-kids1-300x206.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/adeyinka_oluwamayowa\/2022\/01\/27\/Iyabo-Ojo-kids1-1024x702.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/adeyinka_oluwamayowa\/2022\/01\/27\/Iyabo-Ojo-kids1-768x526.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iyabo Ojo with her kids (Festus, Iyabo Ojo and Priscilla)\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHow was I even going to pull through? I never thought of making it in life. I just wanted my kids to be fine, that was my ultimate goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I knew to do was to love my kids immensely and give them all of me and that inspired me to keep moving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday I look back and all I want to say is thank you Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s never too late to start all over again. It will be tough but you will be fine. There is always light at the end of the tunnel.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran actress Iyabo Ojo has shared an inspiring story of how she began her journey as a single mother. The mother-of-two, Festus and Priscilla, had a short-lived marriage that lasted three years. Since the collapse of her marriage in 2001, she had been taking care of her children single-handedly. 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