Ma-Ngobe :
🥺I lost my mom when I was only 9 years old. I still remember that day so clearly — I was in Grade 4. After losing her, I had to go to a children’s home, ekhaya leyontandane. I was still so young and didn’t really understand the world around me.
As I grew older, I started to realise how much I had lost, and there were moments where I felt like my whole world was ending. I never thought I would make it to the age I am today. There are still days when it feels like it happened just yesterday, and when those days come, I cry the whole day.
Even at work, people call me intandane, and I’ve learnt to accept it because it is part of my story. This is the life I was given, and I carry it with pride. When I say I have seen it all, I truly mean it. I am no longer afraid of pain because I have already faced one of the hardest things a person can go through.
I lost the person who brought me into this world. She left me at such a young age, not knowing what life would become, leaving me to face a world full of strangers. But through everything, I survived. I am still here. My story is not only about losing my mother — it is also about the strength I found within myself to keep going.
2026-07-17 05:44:29