Girls/ladies cannot run from motherhood,
whether they want to give birth or not; and Boys/gentlemen cannot run from
having a mother otherwise having a mother figure in their life. Mothers are
everywhere, from our family, friends, church, and school to the women and girls
we meet at the market, and social groupings. What makes one a woman is the
unique physical features she possesses and so we usually say, every woman is a
potential mother! However among these women are some who have a personality
that nurture greatness in the people they mother. Let’s take a look at the
personality of some special women I have encountered in life. Ms. Gifty Kumi
(My mother), Mrs. Janet Agyekum (My Guardian), Mrs. Francisca Koomson (My
former school teacher), and Mrs. Cecilia Abekah (My grandmother of blessed
memory). This article is intended to honor these women and help potential
mothers in raising their future children.
MS.
GIFTY ABI KUMI
My mum is a woman I find very amazing! She is
a haven for wisdom and understanding and indeed the Fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom. She is the “mother to many type” and because of her, I
enjoyed a lot of favors while growing up. When I was little, I heard statement
like “I’m doing this because of your mother and not you”. She is not afraid of
risk, her hands stretch with creativity and generosity and she does not rush to
counsel. These are some lessons I learnt from her
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Give without thinking and you
will receive without winking
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Be patient with the faults of
others
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Do not be too comfortable, always
strive to achieve more
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Always think about making the
lives of others better
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Do not utter your entire mind to
people. Deception is on the increase
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Remember your descent
MRS. JANET AGYEKUM
She is a
definition of a successful woman. She demonstrates this through hard work and
giving. Her level of hard work and kind heartedness to the needy is what every
growing woman should emulate. She does not entertain laziness, and instill
great confidence in her adopted and real children. She has nurtured over three
hundred children with her own resources over the years and spending few hours
with her is almost like paying to attend an important practical conference to
gain extra knowledge in a profession. These are some lessons I learnt from her
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Never blame others! Any time you
blame others, you lose the opportunity of making things work better in your own
life
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What makes you successful is your
line of thinking. It must differ from your friends, family and siblings.
- If you need anything as a person, (No matter the cost) instead of being at the mercy of others to provide, go to the market and ask of the price and start saving towards it. You will be surprised.
- Always remember your descent.
- If you want to be successful, you must invest in others
MRS. FRANCISCA KOOMSON
She is an example. A large number of people in
our world today are full of words; they have words for what someone should have
done, what someone shouldn’t have done, and the best ways someone should live.
Nonetheless, a woman who is an example does not just speak her words but make
sure she is living it. Mrs. Francisca Adelaide Koomson became my mother when I
was in JHS three and while you may find her words hard to live by like any
other words we hear from counselors, parent’s, friends, teachers and
inspirational speakers, she lives it for you to emulate. She is a woman of
discipline, truth, creativity, and strength. She knows raising children takes
patience to see the desired transformation and thus will not give up on her
adopted or real children. These are the lessons I learnt from her
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Refrain from envy and be content
with what you have; It will shock you to know that there are people who greatly
admire your personality.
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Do not hide your gifts, always
use it to benefit your environment
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Humility has the power to lift
you higher than you thought
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Do not look down on others. You
never know what the future holds.
MRS.
CECILIA ABEKAH (of blessed memory)
Every woman who wishes their children to be
great knows that they cannot do it by compulsion, canning, excessive grounding
and the like. Though these may complement nurturing at extreme situations, the
wise way to raise up a great child is through prayer. Forces from everywhere
across the earth are trying to influence and shape children according to their
own style, and my grandmother seemed to have known that because parent’s cannot
be everywhere their children go in the era of television and the internet, what
works best is prayer. Living in an extended family house, she will wake up at
dawn and call everyone in a circle and after praising God for our lives, she
will lead us to pray for those at school, those looking for jobs, those who
need to get married, those who need to be delivered from satanic influence and
those going wayward in the family. Apart
from the above, she was a leader and a woman of discipline; she managed the
house so well that tenants feed from her pot and join in her bible studies as well
as prayer sessions. I must make it clear that she was not a pastor. These are
lessons she taught me
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Always pray together with your
family
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When someone visit you, pray
before you start the conversation, gossip and evil speaking are more likely to
vanish from your conversation.
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Never sleep over in the house of
a man you are not married to.
“And he said unto them, This kind
can come forth by nothing, but by
prayer and fasting.
Mark 9:29”.
GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU MY MUM’S! TO
ME, YOU ARE LEGENDS
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