30/03/2026
*A Letter to Mamaa*
Anyone who knows me knows I am an open book.
But when it comes to grief, I don’t say a word.
I carry it quietly, deeply, in places words rarely reach… this hit hard.
Dear beloved Mamaa…
A name that never needed introduction.
A name spoken by everyone,
young or old, stranger or kin,
because you belonged to all of us.
Mamaa… our matriarch, our storyteller, our healer, our seer, our best friend, our joy… and above all, our prayer warrior.
They say no one is perfect,
but they must have never met you.
Because you,
you were beauty in its purest form,
gold without impurity,
a heart so vast it knew no bounds,
You carried us…
all 117 of us; children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren…
and still had room for all relatives, for friends, for neighbors, for strangers who became family.
Mamaa… how does a heart that big
just… stop beating here with us?
Because now,
Our hearts ache.
Our hearts bleed.
Our hearts feel empty, broken.
This letter feels blank,
because words fail where love overflows.
But I write it anyway…
because they say the dead can hear.
So hear me, Mamaa…
In the silence we carry today,
there is a sound. Aloud, aching, echoing sound of love that refuses to die.
You are not gone.
You are in every prayer whispered,
every story retold,
every hand held a little tighter
because you taught us how.
And Mamaa your wisdom;
Not the kind found in books,
not the kind taught in classrooms,
not the kind any in this world could give.
Yours was deeper.
Yours was knowing.
Transcending…….
To us, You were the answer to questions we didn’t even know how to ask.
You were the solution,
the peace,
the covering over every problem.
And I know you are watching us,
with our beloved dad, a family man, a fallen hero…..
smiling the way you always did,
with that quiet strength and wisdom you both had that made everything feel okay.
We made a promise, Mamaa.
To carry your name.
To carry your love.
To carry your wisdom.
To carry your prayers
in a world that still needs them.
Because heaven…
heaven did not just receive you.
Heaven gained an angel. 🕊️🕊️
And time…
time will never erase you. Yo
