Chapter 1 Woman Who Carried Us All
My name is Tonia, and this is the story of my family—a story of pain, sacrifice, and hope.
My mother is a single mother raising four children of her own and my uncle's child. Without financial support from our father, she struggles alone to provide food, pay our school fees, and take care of all five of us.
Life has never been easy. Sometimes, we have to beg people for money just to meet our basic needs. What hurts most is that when we have something, we try to help others, but when we are the ones in need, nobody seems to care.
My mother keeps fighting despite her struggles, but now her job is failing, and some of us can no longer attend school because of unpaid fees.
Watching my mother struggle breaks my heart. All I want is to see her happy and give her the better life she deserves.
This is our story—a story the world may never understand, but one I will never forget.
