The love of a mother never perishes…
It’s been five years, 11 months since I last saw your face and with each passing day I remember the love we once shared, the times I looked into your face and shared a joke with you. With you time was precious and moments shared were always recreated and re-invented.
You chose me and I chose you back, back in 1987 on the 22nd of February (The month of love). You gave me life, you natured me into a son, without a man in the house, a father figure to guide me. You never disappointed but made me a boy amongst others. You taught me important life lessons that looking back now, I see and still feel you right beside me. Your love for me still lingers in everything I touch.
You loved me before you saw me, you took care of me before somebody else could help you look after me. How can I now not honour your legacy. How can I make you proud?
I know I made you proud as the first of your 8 children to see the doors of a university, when I was selected student of the year at High school and read my poetry at school gatherings. Now I’m on my way to getting my university degree and know I am still making you proud.
Grace Cynthia Mhlanga you are the superhero and will always be the guide in my life. Thank you for instilling the foundations of listening and understanding with the knowlege that I was loved by a woman who left me and my siblings too soon. Your love love and lessons remain to guide us in the present and into the future!
P.S. This blurry photo of my mom with my siblings is the only one I still have in my album.
My mom was 54 when she died. She was a domestic helper, she was a very strong willed women, loved church, had 8 kids (2 boys and 6 girls) who she raised in a 4 bed roomed house. She was a Christian and loved her kids regardless of what we all turned out to be.
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18 Responses
I love it Bheki 🙂
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I relate a lot with this story and my friend everyday I find something I share in common with you and believe you me this is one of them nje… Wow so much love, gratitude and honor to the woman that ensured that you are who you are now that’s something we don’t do everyday… May you continue making mommy proud, her being absent from the body, has not shifted or altered the love and memories you have of her and that’s one thing to be cherished… she’s looking down and saying “aow that’s my Boy, Umfana wami” Wow thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you Son… Warocka
A great piece…touching…
Verry touching indeed!!!
Ncaaah!! Great piece Bheki.
Wow bhekz Beautiful, i love this , well written and a good read……very deep…..
This is an amazing articlr.Keep it up Bheki
I must say this is very touching and shows 100% love that you had for your mother, I don’t have much Words to say but to say Big Ups continue Scribbling dude!!
Well written piece bra and definately she proud of you ryt now keep making her proud
This is a very good sign of life respect of your mother, it clearly shows how you were brought up ad were you are heading to, people change when they loose their mothers, but you kept focus so that your mother could be proud of you in the after life,Continue being a great person.
Such a good read.
Really a wonderful piece Bheki, keep it up.
Lovely I like it, its touching at the same time an expression of how one feels and thanking their mother.
Precious piece of writing. A heart-felt ode. It’s profoundly resonant with my own life. Thank you for giving back with so much unselfishness. Much love & respect to you, B.
Iam soo speechless *teary eyes* u knw its amazing how when i lost my mother just a few months ago i had thought that God hated me n dat he had given up on us *my siblings* lil did i knw dat therz ppl out ther who r accptin n being strong..thank u soo mch bheki myb i somehw had to read this n pick up with da other pieces of life
What a lovely and touching piece. I also lost my mom 5 years ago and your words brought tears to my eyes. Our Moms are so special! My mom went without so much for her children and then her grandchildren. Good luck with your studies and your future endeavours. Your mom is watching from heaven and must be bursting with pride.
Hi guys, Thanks a lot for sharing my pain and at the same time, my confession of love to the 1-woman I love(d) the most! Happy Mothers Day to all the Mom’s out there. Keep the LOVE alive.
it really inspires to see what good can come from someone who has grown up the way that you have, keep up the good working young brother and inspire other up and coming “You’s”