Village Girl
A true life story of perseverance and hope. My childhood, a village girl, going to school at a near by village school, going to the woods, home up keep, when my Mama left, tendering the gardens, learn how to be a marketer at a young age, to look after my siblings.
Talk about all other responsibility I had to cope with because of my Mama illness. The story is about being adopted, me and my younger sister, by my grandmother, leaving behind my Mama and the place I once cherished, ended up being abused.
I talk to teenager mother's, the power of hope, joy, focus and wiping away your tears and fight a good fight of faith.
Talk about being a child at the same time being an adult. Circumstances changed me and turned me into another person. I became a person whom I never knew. To motivating young youth, especially teenager mother’s, helps them to refocus, self esteem, courage, strength, empower, and help them get to their various destinies.
Life circumstances changed me, I became a young woman who was focused, an achiever, nothing gets me down, I take it down before it ruins my mental capacity.
This chapter talks about my early struggles in life, with my mama leaving, because of a heart disease, I had to be a young mother, to myself and my siblings. I had to start working, at the same time, I had school to attend. This wasn’t easy at all, it affected me more negatively than I had thought….. Talks about my courageous character when I ventured into business of selling ripes and pancakes. I had to learn to do pottery, where I earned more income to sustain the family.
In this chapter, elaborate how our mama, life circumstances forced her to change.
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Chapter: Sue's careerChapter TenSue's career…Sue, worked with a Church related organization.Sue's house was enclosed within her working premises, referred to as the conference centre. While there, my sister had to wake up early, prepare breakfast for Jo, place it where she can easily access it. She would then rush to her office, she used to check on Jo in intervals.Every other 15 to 30 minutes, she would rush back home to check on Jo, see how she’s faring on. Or she would send an office messenger, to go and check on her. If she was found crying, then my sister would rush back. But in most cases, Jo was a very quiet girl. She used not to cry despite what surrounded her.Jo grew up in the conference center, and stayed there for as long as it was needed.Everybody knew her as a quiet girl and lovely.When the conference centre didn’t have visitors, Jo kept along with my sister in the office, and in the evening hours too. Thank you Sue, a sister who risked her job, f
Last Updated: 2020-05-04
Chapter: JoChapter NineJoJo moved to my sisters, SueJo moving away, disrupted me a lot, though I couldn’t tell anybody.But being young in mind and age, helped me a lot, I can’t remember holding unto issues.Jo was too young to know, so that helped her adopt to knew environment quicker. However, I still remember the day, I left her behind, very well knowing am gonna take long to see her.In between her transit journey, Jo had a stop over at my brother house. I remember, she was there for a couple of days or a few weeks, don’t know why?But I remember, she stayed there before she finally had her final arrival at my sister’s house.At the same time, her being away turned me into a woman full of courage, focus, determination, taught me to trust God more, etc.However, juggling in between wasn’t easy at all.I had to fight it out, for me and for Jo.Jo was my closest friend, my bed mate, my focus whenever I woke up and
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Chapter: Teenager motherChapter EightA teenager motherYou gonna survive it all…Do you feel like you can’t go past……?There was a time, I wept and there was nobody to say sorry, and there was nobody to tell me it’s going to be brighter tomorrow.I grew up as a young Christian girl, I knew the Lord, no bad character, went to school and before I knew it, along my way, at a young age, I conceived, dropped out of school, gave birth and had to go back to school.Going back to school, leaving behind a baby girl, at just a few months wasn’t easy at all but I had too.I needed to complete my education, with my “new back bag”, wasn’t any easy.I remember leaving Jo, now nicknamed by my siblings, was doing my college.Had to leave Jo in the quarters, because that’s where we used to leave, because the husband to my auntie then, didn’t know I had a baby. In African culture, that’s a taboo, meaning, something so bad, you did a wrong thing, so f
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Chapter: HouseChapter SevenFull house at Sue’s placeSue had two rooms, a living and a kitchen, in that house, we all lived together. It was a happy home, occasionally our Mama visited us, would stay a couple of days and return to the village. We lived under that same roof, whenever one graduated, look for a job, get a relocation depending on where the job was. But that was bound to be a home forever, because Sue worked in the same place for more than 25 years if am right.When night drew closer, we would then lean back, tell stories, recounting our different walks, the obstacles we encountered, the hindrances, mountains and valleys. And finally a straight path way, to different destinies. But we always learnt one thing, that at Sue place was a place to be.We all had to run back, every other weekend. Whenever we learnt of our Mama coming, we would all gather back under that same roof. A roof that brought wholeness, peace, joy and finally a very good night sleep.Sue
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Chapter: AdventureChapter SixAdventureMy new journey to the other part of the world…I remember vividly my then late auntie was waiting somewhere to rescue her sisters kid. Upon Sue grabbing my hand, she held me tight, pressed through the taxis, the pedestrian, the commotion in the city, until we got where my then late auntie was waiting. I was the most excited person, you could imagine, before I knew it, we had boarded a coaster to my new home.It was a memorable journey never to look behind.It was the safest journey ever, sitting next to a person, whom I knew had my feelings, my future, at heart. I needed security, assurance, and I felt safe.As the coaster race through the city jum, it brought back the bad memories I had in my first journey to the capital city. However, I didn’t let these ruin my happiness. A few hours past, then passengers started getting of the coaster, I was assured, by my then auntie, we where almost home.I have never seen a river in
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Chapter: Life in the cityChapter FiveLife in the capital city……We woke up very early, still dark outside, we pace through the bush walkway, to catch a bus to the city. There we where, me and my older brother, we left for a strange land.It was a long journey, for the first time, I saw trees and houses running going backwards. That was the worst nightmare, I couldn’t explain, nor understand it and there was nobody to ask.We finally settled in with strange sisters and one new brother, [my step family].In the awe hours we had to wakeup early, do all house work, feed the animals, prepare lunch for the people at home and leave without eating. Going to school wasn’t easy at all, here we ended up walking miles and miles to get to school, more than tens miles each day, I believe.I can still follow the same route to my former college school, even after very many years.Its as fresh as yesterday….There was one family where we used to make a stopover, they told us, they
Last Updated: 2020-05-04
Village Girl
A true life story of perseverance and hope. My childhood, a village girl, going to school at a near by village school, going to the woods, home up keep, when my Mama left, tendering the gardens, learn how to be a marketer at a young age, to look after my siblings.
Talk about all other responsibility I had to cope with because of my Mama illness. The story is about being adopted, me and my younger sister, by my grandmother, leaving behind my Mama and the place I once cherished, ended up being abused.
I talk to teenager mother's, the power of hope, joy, focus and wiping away your tears and fight a good fight of faith.
Talk about being a child at the same time being an adult. Circumstances changed me and turned me into another person. I became a person whom I never knew. To motivating young youth, especially teenager mother’s, helps them to refocus, self esteem, courage, strength, empower, and help them get to their various destinies.
Life circumstances changed me, I became a young woman who was focused, an achiever, nothing gets me down, I take it down before it ruins my mental capacity.
This chapter talks about my early struggles in life, with my mama leaving, because of a heart disease, I had to be a young mother, to myself and my siblings. I had to start working, at the same time, I had school to attend. This wasn’t easy at all, it affected me more negatively than I had thought….. Talks about my courageous character when I ventured into business of selling ripes and pancakes. I had to learn to do pottery, where I earned more income to sustain the family.
In this chapter, elaborate how our mama, life circumstances forced her to put us at our grandmother homestead. I and my younger sister, and my elder brother.
This chapter talks about how life drastically changed, leaving our mother and getting away was the worst ever.
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Chapter: ChurchChapter ThreeChurch was a mustSunday, the day of the Lord...We grew up knowing, Sunday is a day of the Lord, you don’t have to go digging, etc, but you had to go to Church.Sunday was a day for church, we grew up knowing how to pray and worship. Growing up in a Protestant Church, that’s all we had ever known. And that was ok for me and my siblings.In that local Church, we were baptised and confirmed upon by the Bishop.Confirmation was one of the activities that comprised a lot of teachings and activities one had to go through, learn certain Bible basics, before you were confirmed, (as a true Christian, a grown up believer, I guess).The teaching then where conducted by the local priest, you had to prove that you had captured all the Bible precepts, before the confirmation service by the Bishop.After the confirmation service, you would then, be allowed to start taking Holy Communion, what an achievement that was, a milestone.&nbs
Last Updated: 2020-05-04
Village Girl
This chapter covers my mama illness, how it ended up almost destroying not only us but the entire family. Our mama was the best gift we ever had, we were very young, abandoned by then our father, who left in search of money to be able to take care of his family. He ends up abandoning us, our mama now a primary school teacher had to struggle with the little salary she used to earn, she couldn’t take care of the family. This took a negative toll on her health, character, eventually ended up affecting her health.
This chapter talks about my early struggles in life, with my mama leaving, because of a heart disease, I had to be a young mother, to myself and my siblings. I had to start working, at the same time, I had school to attend. This wasn’t easy at all, it affected me more negatively than I had thought….. Talks about my courageous character when I ventured into business of selling ripes and pancakes. I had to learn to do pottery, where I earned more income to sustain the family.
In this chapter, elaborate how our mama, life circumstances forced her to put us at our grandmother homestead. I and my younger sister, and my elder brother.
This chapter talks about how life drastically changed, leaving our mother and getting away was the worst ever. Leaving at my grandmother homestead was the best, she loved and cared, amidst all these, my life was about to take a turn that I would never forget, a lot happened and nobody knew what was going on, not until things went out of hand. There was a lot of torture, unfair treatment, hardwork and yet we had to school. At this material time, I fell avictim of circumstances.
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Village Girl
A true life story of perseverance and hope. My childhood, a village girl, going to school at a near by village school, going to the woods, home up keep, when my Mama left, tendering the gardens, learn how to be a marketer at a young age, to look after my siblings.
Talk about all other responsibility I had to cope with because of my Mama illness. The story is about being adopted, me and my younger sister, by my grandmother, leaving behind my Mama and the place I once cherished, ended up being abused.
I talk to teenager mother's, the power of hope, joy, focus and wiping away your tears and fight a good fight of faith.
Talk about being a child at the same time being an adult. Circumstances changed me and turned me into another person. I became a person whom I never knew. To motivating young youth, especially teenager mother’s, helps them to refocus, self esteem, courage, strength, empower, and help them get to their various destinies.
Life circumstances changed me, I became a young woman who was focused, an achiever, nothing gets me down, I take it down before it ruins my mental capacity.
This chapter covers my mama illness, how it ended up almost destroying not only us but the entire family. Our mama was the best gift we ever had, we were very young, abandoned by then our father, who left in search of money to be able to take care of his family. He ends up abandoning us, our mama now a primary school teacher had to struggle with the little salary she used to earn, she couldn’t take care of the family. This took a negative toll on her health, character, eventually ended up affecting her health.
This chapter talks about my early struggles in life, with my mama leaving, because of a heart disease, I had to be a young mother, to myself and my siblings. I had to start working, at the same time, I had school to attend. This wasn’t easy at all, it affected me more negatively than I had thought….. Talks about my courageous character when I ventured into business of selling ripes and pancakes. I had to learn to do pottery, where I earned more income to sustain the family.
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Chapter: Growing upBook title: Village GirlChapter OneGrowing upYoung village girl.I wasn’t born with a silver spoon….When people meet me, they think, I was born with a sliver spoon in my mouth, totally wrong.I grew up a typical village girl, who worked in shaba’s, fetched jerricans of water on her head, collected firewood from the jungle, cultivate land to get a good harvest, walked long distance to and from to a local village school, did pottery to earn a living, taught to me, by my late grandfather, so that I can earn a few shillings, to help out my mother, at some point this would help out, however, when we went hunting, my brother who loved it, he would position us, so that we kept shouting driving the animal towards the trap, funny isn’t, hahahaaaa, when I think about it, can’t stop laughing, etc.Growing up as a young village girl was as normal as any other village girl.My childhood wasn’t any different, neither was it
Last Updated: 2020-04-30
Chapter: Growing UpBook title: Village GirlChapter OneGrowing upYoung village girl.I wasn’t born with a silver spoon….When people meet me, they think, I was born with a sliver spoon in my mouth, totally wrong.I grew up a typical village girl, who worked in shaba’s, fetched jerricans of water on her head, collected firewood from the jungle, cultivate land to get a good harvest, walked long distance to and from to a local village school, did pottery to earn a living, taught to me, by my late grandfather, so that I can earn a few shillings, to help out my mother, at some point this would help out, however, when we went hunting, my brother who loved it, he would position us, so that we kept shouting driving the animal towards the trap, funny isn’t, hahahaaaa, when I think about it, can’t stop laughing, etc.Growing up as a young village girl was as normal as any other village girl.My childhood wasn’t any different, neither was it
Last Updated: 2020-04-30
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