Mag-log inA 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.
view moreChapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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





