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“I do not take the whitest stairs but I walk my path.”
― Petra Hermans, Voor een betere wereld

“A Better Future
A special tribute to my beautiful Mother

When you were strict towards me
I thought you were being mean

When you advised me to behave
I would sometimes misbehave

When you instilled discipline
I assumed you were ill-treating me

When you taught about being responsible
I did not want to be accountable

When you told me to go to school
I felt it was not cool

When you gave me less money for lunch
I somehow expected more

When you asked for my homework
I was keen to do nothing

When you said I should pray
I only wanted to play

Mother!
It was because back then
I did not know, but now I realise
You were preparing me
For a better future!”
― Gift Gugu Mona, From My Mother's Classroom: A Badge of Honour for a Remarkable Woman