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What my grandma had taught me

Life without a guide is like walking in the night without a light. It's like walking next to the blind person while you are blind, it's like talking to the deaf person without using sign language. I treasured life because she was always there for me

Between me and life, was a very big distance.

Oh my dear grandma. She is like a mom to me. She taught me that impossibilities become possibilities. She gave me a new definition of life.

I never thought she could still recall what she had gone through. Her words came like a thunder storm to me, her shouting was accompanied by love and anger. She wanted what was good for me. She gave me her last smile.

I use to cry like a crocodile
But answers were just wishes
She gave me the indefinable education
Life was not for me
All my questioning was answered by her past
Her background challenged my present

Pride was defeated by her strong advices

I started hating, boosting myself about what I have. She taught me to love one another I was taught to work hard to defeat poverty. She taught me to love and forget

Forgiveness was one of her strong points

She gave me courage and respect

Oh my dear grandma

She taught me life itself

Submitted by Akani Treasure Tshabalala for Youth Tube: By the Youth, for the Youth

 

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