Why My Marriage Is Still In Good Shape - Mercy Johnson

It is almost a norm for celebrities marriage to crush within short
period of time. Therefore, kudos to Nollywood actress Mercy John for
keeping her marriage intack even with three kids.

Mercy has a message for her critics of her having three kids within
short time and reveal how she has been able to maintain her marriage
from crashing.
"I feel that when you haven't
gone through life and you don't
have a bearing in life, that's
when you see certain decisions
as unreasonable. Most of these
people who make these
statements have not even
realised what they want to do
with their lives yet.
"I had planned my life right from
when I was growing up. I
arranged my life the way I
wanted it to go. And that is why
even when I was at the peak of
my career and marriage came, I
grabbed it because I know age
keeps going and time waits for
no one.
"It means that I can have all of
my four kids and then still get
back to shape and come back to
what I love to do. So I am not
going to say things like, 'I don't
want to have kids yet' or 'I am
not going to get married and I
want to keep acting because the
young shall always grow', you
are not going to be number one
forever. That is why when it is
time for you to do something,
you do it. Yoruba will always say
in their prayers that when the
time for a child to talk has come,
by the grace of God, she will talk.
When it's time to go to school, he
will go to school. That's what I'm
trying to do. I want to define my
life in a way my daughter will
want to define her own life".

"I think what has got me this far
is placing my decisions on a scale
of preference. I love what I do, I
adore my husband, I adore my
kids, so every time I have to
make a decision, I pick which is
more important, and I start from
there. I understand the home
front is more important so I
manage my home and create
time to do what I have to do. I
think that has helped me get this
far," she said.