Village Girl
Rayon Comfort Hokma
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.