now where to go nor who to ask for help. It was just my mum and I,

nd had told me my father abandoned us, he didn't e

re she wasn't known to avoid further embarrassment from her neighbours and relatives and hustled on her own to make sure we were fine. Whenever I asked about any relative, she told me they were not i

dmired by men and some made marriage proposals to her which I urged her to agree to

ll-known and she wouldn't back down even though the task was difficult; being a single mother and not being able to get a good job because of her poor educational

ll and was bedridden for a year-and-a-half. The doctor ha

a meagre amount of money, it was enough to feed us and buy my mother's drugs. And although I couldn'

ridden. I had passed my WAEC exams and I knew it made her heart ache that I was still home instead of being in the un

ure eating once in a day, I could endure being mocked, I could even endure John dumping me,

other in pain so what would I do if I ever lost my mother? She was everything I had. I loved her more than my own life; she had given up a lot for me and she was so precious to me. I couldn't

h

of my mother's love for me that she

te from outside the ward. She was unconscious and was bandaged around the head and even had plasters o

he best person with the kindest heart I knew, she certainly didn't deserve being

boss who had taken her to the hospital. W

I was little. She had the accident at their house after all and since they we

the security guards but after I explained who I was and the situation of things to

I still didn't get a response. I was going to leave but on realising that my mum will never back down on

answered and I could tell immedi

here?" H