My Mother, by Brigid Nemayian
Oh, how we are influenced by our mother! By her joys and her fears. By her rules and beliefs. We first see the world through her eyes. We see ourselves through her love. Her stories stay with us throughout life, and her wisdom guides us when our own stubbornness leaves us stranded.
Brigid of Namelok Junior Academy in Kisamis, Kenya writes about what makes her most happy: her mother and the folktales she tells. We can imagine her mother’s passion and energy sewing words into stories, embroidering them onto Brigid’s heart. Stories Brigid will pass down to her own children, sharing history and that happy warmth of Grandma’s love stitched together with her own.
Lift the Lid is grateful to First Presbyterian Church of Montrose, Pennsylvania, for their donation to Namelok Junior Academy, a donation which will help sustain the lunch program we started in 2015. (See photos below.) We’re equally grateful for their interest in our students and their writing, and today, especially, we are grateful for their prayers for Brigid.
You can read her essay here, or click on the thumbnail below to enlarge or print a copy. I also encourage you to click “It Could Have Been a Lonely Night,” the gentle, yet poignant poem Brigid wrote in 2014. Her creative spirit truly comes through in her writing!
Photos of Namelok’s Lunch Program, started by Lift the Lid in 2015:
Brigid, today’s post which includes your essay (and your previous poem) is very special to me. I’m sending it to the church my mother attends. She is their organist. First Presbyterian in Pennsylvania was kind to make a donation to Namelok, and your essay couldn’t make a more perfect show of gratitude!
Our thoughts are with you and your mother. I look forward to reading more of your writing. Have fun and let your creative talents shine!
Sara
Brigid, you mum sounds like a wonderful person! What a blessing to have her pass on her wisdom and knowledge to you. Your essay is lovely and I hope you will keep writing, keep doing the things your mum taught you and keep doing your very best. You have friends in America who are cheering you on.
Approve.
Sara Goff
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