Actress Connie Ferguson talks bonding with her grandson Ronewa, who is her oldest daughter’s son. The actress opens up about how it is like being a grandmother amongst other things in the latest issue of True Love Mag. It looks like the age defying mama is loving it.
Connie says she grew closer with her daughter when she fell pregnant at the same age Connie had her. “I’ve always been close to both my daughters, Lesedi and Alicia, 13, but when Lesedi fell pregnant we grew closer”, she said.
“I was there when Ronewa was born, so I bonded with him from the start. He’s very close to his grandfather; they have an amazing relationship. He is an amazing dad, so i knew he’d be an awesome grandfather. We’ve always wanted a boy and now we have one.”
About her daugher having a baby out of wedlock, Connie says her and her family have accepted that. “Life happens, as a parent, you have your own dreams for your child, especially when it’s a daughter, as you want them to gain independence before they have children of their own. But the reality is that we can’t live our children’s lives for them. I had Lesedi at 23, too, so who am i too judge?”, she said.
“Having her didn’t stop my life, and that’s what i want to emphasize with her to. The difference is that she has Shona, Alicia and me to offer support, whereas I raised her far away from my own parents, who live in Botswana. I wasn’t financially stable; I had to go back to work just one week after she was born, when I found out she was pregnant, I reassured her that I’d be by her side always.”
Her daughter, Lesedi graduated from AFDA last year and is currently working at Ferguson Films.
