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Merry Christmas from the Queen of Pop and her “unicorns”!
Madonnashared aphoto of herselfwith four of her six children on Christmas Day during which they were all smiles as they sat on the couch together. The singer, 60, can be seen wearing a black fur hat for the occasion.
Included in the photo are David Banda Mwale, 13, Mercy James, 12, and twins Stelle and Estere, 6. Missing are Madonna’s kids from her previous relationships with Carlos Leon andGuy Ritchie— Lourdes, 22, and Rocco, 18. (Ritchie is also David’s father.)
The last time Madonna’s kids were all together was this year’s Thanksgiving, which they celebrated in Malawi, the home country of her four youngest.
“What I am Most THANKFUL for!” Madonna captioned the sweet snapshot. “My Children have led me down roads and opened doors I never imagined I’d walk through.”
“Fame, Fortune and Records Broken could never equal that which I treasure and value most,” she added, including the hashtags #blessed, #grateful, #children and #family. “Happy ThanksGiving from Malawi!”
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Madonna, whofounded the charity Raising Malawiin 2006, has returned to the nation repeatedly over the years. In July 2016, Madonna and her broodstopped at the orphanageswhere David and Mercy used to live.
And in July 2017, Madonna, Rocco, David, Mercy and the twinsjetted to Malawi for the openingof the Mercy James Institute for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care at the Queen Central Hospital, which Raising Malawi funded.
During this past summer, Madonna and all six kidsvisited the hospitalto celebrate its first anniversary.
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“Because of my work and traveling around the world, the things that I do and the places I find myself in, my children are very open-minded about everything, and I’m very proud of that,” MadonnagushedtoVogue Italiain July 2018.
“A lot of people say to me, ‘You must really want your son to be a successful soccer player, your oldest daughter to be a dancer, Rocco to be a painter,’ ” Madonna noted. “And I always say, ‘No, what I want my children to be is loving, compassionate, responsible human beings.’ ”
source: people.com
