In a heartwarming Facebook post shared on November 13, 2023, Nigerian photographer Comfort Kumashe Atser paid tribute to her remarkable mother, who is about to turn 70 next month.
she revealed touching memories from her childhood, shedding light on her mother’s strength and compassion.
Describing her mother as beautiful, hardworking, and selfless, she reminisced about the numerous occasions when her mother prioritized the needs of others, even if it meant going hungry herself.
She affectionately recalled her mother’s tendency to share their meals with guests or those in need, even when it left her own children hungry.
Despite occasionally getting upset, she confessed that she inherited her business mindset and stubbornness from her mother.
One particularly aspect of Comfort’s tribute was that she is the sixth girl born to her mother.
She narrated how her five sisters, who had been eagerly anticipating the arrival of a baby brother, shed tears upon learning that their mother had given birth to another girl.
She wrote:
My mum will be turning 70yrs this December and see how energetic and strong is mama is so amazing. And I’m grateful to be able to celebrate my biological mama. Yes meet my biological mama.
Mama gave birth to me when she was 43. When she was already a grandmother oooo.
I go soon gist una about my birth.
How my 5 sisters cried when they heard my mother has given birth to the sixth girl.
