It is no surprise that Sushmita Sen is a doting mother to two beautiful daughters, and keeps sharing their adorable pictures through her Instagram. Her younger daughter, Alisah turned 10 and Sushmita shared a loving message for her.
Sharing a picture of the birthday girl, she wrote, “We enter double digits!!!! Happppyyyyy 10th Birthday to the love of my life!!! May God bless this gift called ‘Alisah’ with the best of health, happiness & the courage to be more of herself!!! I love you my Shona Maa!!! We are 10!!!! yessssssss!!! #duggadugga I love you guys!!!!”
The former Miss Universe has two adopted daughters, Alisah and Renee, who’ll turn 19 next year. Recently, at an event she said that adoption was one of the wisest decisions of her life.
“In the (case of) natural birth, mother and child connect through the umbilical cord but in adoption, the mother and the child are connected by this higher power, a connection that you cannot cut off. I have had the privilege of experiencing it twice. To become a mother who has given birth from the heart. I have not missed a day of feeling the joy of motherhood,” she said.
According to Sushmita, motherhood has stabilised her life. “The wisest decision I made at the age of 24 was to become a mother. It stabilised my life. People think it was a great act of charity and wonderful action but it was self-preservation. It was me protecting myself,” she added.
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