Celebrating great women
I'm dedicating today's piece to all the great women in my life. Women who have touched my life immensely and who with their outstanding qualities have proved to me over and over again that angels indeed live amongst us. In their individually unique way they have impacted greatly in the quality of my life, and I will be eternally grateful to my stars for making my path and these amazons inter line. They are my role models, my anchor, my source of strength and my inspiration.
My mum was the very first person I laid eyes on when I made my grand entrance into this world. She is the one and only constant thing in my life. She has watched over me, protected me, cried and grieved with me. She has gone through thick and thin to make sure I become who I am today. She has supported me in every area and aspect of my life. She has steadfastly motivated me and pushed me to the point of breaking, to the woman I am today. However great I am, I am because of her. She is the reason I aim as high as I do, and I attribute all the great points of my life to her. Any body who knows my mum know she is as stubborn and naughty as a human being can be, and I know I inherited that trait from her. As a result of our individual stubbornness, we have had relationship-breaking issues, and we learned and grew from those fits. In spite of our drama, we love and respect ourselves, and we always, always find a common ground. When I was growing up, I had too many negative attention from boys, and she did every thing within and outside her means to make sure I didn't get influenced by it. She thought me how to be kind, to be compassionate, to be respectful and most of all, that I deserve every good thing in life. My mother is my hero. She is the one woman that I will forever be thankful to for every thing in my life. And even though she thrashed me like hell while growing up, I still love her to pieces.
Mrs Lucy Adewuyi is a woman like no other woman. I stand continuously in awe of her. I look at her and I see what I want to become when I reach my pinnacle. When people complain that their bosses are direct descendants of the devil, mine shares a blood line with angels. Every day I wake up, I do a special dance for making me be among her working staff. The minute I met her, I knew she was different. She is an unusual boss,a remarkable woman and a compassionate human being. The kind of boss you can walk up to and discuss everything without her chiding you. People walk on egg shells around their bosses, but not her. She isn't just my boss, she is my mother. She is a great and influential woman but she never goes about throwing her power around. Her humility is astounding and her high supply of respect for people is astonishing. They say working with women is difficult, I wish. Working for her has been nothing short of a blessing. My boss is one of the last good people remaining in this world. Every day she surprises me and I wonder how one person can be so cool. Yes, cool. My boss is a woman with glowing attributes and impeccable attitude. She is absolutely wonderful, and I am lucky to have her in my life.
My soon to be mother-in-law is a woman I respect greatly because of her success in making my man the person he is today. Through her hard work, dedication, and consistency, he is who he is today . All his good points he owes to her. The remarkable person he is today is as a result of her relentless effort in ensuring that happen. Indirectly she has impacted in my life by making him the loving, caring and giving person he is. I have no doubt in my mind that she is going to make one hell of mother to me.
Mrs Oshinowo is a woman I won't forget in a hurry. She helped in molding me into the Tega I am today. I remember the day we had the 'talk' that changed me. I was really so into myself. So in love with myself because of all the attention I got from guys. I walked on air and I lived up to my nick name, Queen Elizabeth. I was a snobbish brat who thought the sun rose and set on her ass. I didn't care one bit that my family and every other person thought I was too arrogant and full of myself. I was living in the glory of all the attention I got and I couldn't be bothered. That was until this woman, this wonderful woman, took out time to direct my attention to the negative direction my life was going. She opened my eyes to the error of my ways and created in me the awareness of how far humility can take a person. She taught me how I can have the world eating out of my palms just by being humble. She made me realize I didn't have to put people down to be up there. That I can only be a bigger person if I'm able to treat the smallest person I meet with respect and regard. She changed my life that woman, and I will be forever indebted to her
These women are the movers and shakers in my life and I will gladly and without question walk off a cliff for them. I'm blessed to have them in my life and I live every day with the fear of not letting them down.
NB: there are so many remarkable women in my life, and just because I didn't mention them doesn't mean I don't celebrate them. I appreciate their presence in my life and I'm one lucky girl for having all their influences in my life.
