16/07/2025
Haha I love when someone challenges me. We can do anything we put our mind to. Anything !!!
She was told she couldn’t be a mom… Now her daughter works at NASA. 💔🚀
When Lena was born, doctors weren’t just concerned for her health —
They doubted if her mother Carla, a 22-year-old woman with Down syndrome, could raise her.
After Lena’s dad walked away the moment he heard "positive,"
Carla made one brave decision:
"I’ll raise her on my own."
But no one believed in her.
Social workers judged. Neighbors gossiped. Even her family doubted her.
They all said: “You can’t do this.”
Carla just hugged her baby and said:
“Watch me.”
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She didn’t have a degree.
She didn’t even drive.
But she gave Lena everything:
🍼 Woke up every 2 hours to feed her
🎶 Learned lullabies from old CDs
📚 Read bedtime stories with all her heart
💸 Saved coins for science kits
📊 Put multiplication tables on the fridge
And when Lena asked about her dad, Carla just smiled and said:
“You don’t need a rocket to go far. You just need a strong launch pad.”
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💥 At 10, Lena won a district science fair
🔭 At 16, she interned at an observatory
🎓 At 21, she graduated top of her class in Aerospace Engineering
And on her first day at NASA, she brought Carla with her.
The director said:
“Your daughter is one of the brightest minds we’ve ever seen.”
Carla, crying, replied:
“I always knew she’d reach the stars. I just never thought I’d be close enough to see them too.”
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Now, every time Lena sends a photo from space...
She keeps one thing close in her spacesuit:
Because the world said Carla couldn’t raise a child.
But that child?
She now orbits the planet.
And still says:
“My mother is the reason I made it.”
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