Growing up wasn't easy, my life was legendary, my father wasn't there for me and my brother, mummy had to turn to our father. Working three jobs a day for a whole week, skipping out Sundays so she could have time with us and give us all the love she could at the moment. Things weren't funny, circumstances around us turned our lives to a joke for the public to laugh at a point.
My mother was never a lazy woman, she worked herself up and gave in all she had to offer so she could pay all our bills and put a roof over our head. There wasn't sufficient money to send me and my two siblings to a private school, so we went to a government school all through (primary and secondary)
My mother and my father were our Heaven on Earth, they showered I and my younger brother with so much love, but until my father decided to marry another wife, he informed my mother who immediately disagreed. Then this make our father changed completely, he became cruel, he turned into a monster. It was a traumatic experience watching my once loving man turn into a beast before my eyes.
The pain was too much for me, my mum and my brother to take in, the memories still haunt me in my sleep and it really did a lit to my mental health.
Days turned to weeks and them to months my father brought in his new mistress home and chased my mother out, I love my mother so much and I decided to follow her, my brother also decided to join us. It was an experience you won't want to have in your wildest dream.
It happened so fast that my mom made us forget the experience a bit, but I still had him in my heart and his memories still fresh. My mom said she saw what was coming her way, so she was a bit prepared for it. She had rented a smaller apartment, a self contained room and parlour with her money and put things in place, but from the look of things around, one can definitely say she really worked herself up to give us that new start over life.
I was barely eight when all this calamity was upon me and my siblings.
Things were smooth for the first few months, but along the line things were no longer smiley, it was then my mother did a lot of thinking and made plans which would later make great effects in our lives, she set new goals and standards m, and built in us a new foundation, and also made us stronger, preparing us for what's coming ahead.
It was at that time she started working three jobs. In the morning she went to her office work, where she worked in a local factory from 8:00am to 1:00pm and when she closed from there, she went for the other work. She works as a sale rep for a man selling soft drinks, I was one of the hardest moment of my entirely life.
I'll tell you more about her some other time, but let me tell you about the way this groomed me and affected me from both sides, positively and negatively.
My personal growth, my personal growth has been quite a journey, I tend to scale the bridge of being that barbie scared little girl I used to be, I knew I had to stand in for my mother when my brother needed her.
I was like a little mother to him, I stopped being the little girl, I started cooking and helping my mom do the laundry when I turned eleven. I knew my brother had to do his assignment, so I paid more attention in class so I won't fumble when I'm helping him out with his.
When I got older, I helped my mother with her night shifts sometimes so she could rest at home and I stood in for her at the shop.
With God being so merciful, the shop owner was considerate of our situations and was generous. He increased my mom's pay and let her take some soft drinks home. She sometimes sell them and use the money to sort out some petty expenses.
I know I have gone a bit far in grooming myself and my brother, I made sure I finished my tertiary education, where I studied computer science. My results wasn't good enough and wasn't really bad either, I worked in a factory where they make custard and crunchy bits, a secretary which was later converted to a marketer to sell the products.
My Humble Self On My Matriculation Day
I met a friend who introduced me to crypto, and this has changed my lifestyle and my standard of living.
The steps I took by joining Hive has made become who I am today, even though I am yet to have any big thing as an achievement to my name which by God's grace I will have a lot to my name.
The have chosen to be determined, I knew my goal, I'm here for a long-term, I knew that if I don't stand in for my mother a lot would go wrong and messy.
Notwithstanding, I thank God for life and the Hive blockchain, helping me turn into a good and wonderful young entrepreneur.
The vision I am seeing and the dreams of good which I'm having, is a tale and song of victory for another day.
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