MaJali.

Written By Sivuyile Tshalana.

As I am writing this at 3:00am on the fifth of June twenty-eighteen trying to put my appreciation or should I say gratitude on paper. As I feel that you impacted my life in a great way and I will forever thank God for creating a soul like you MaJali. I had to write about you since if you did not exist and as well as my father then I would not have been here on this earth. I am very proud to call you my mother, you sacrificed a lot for me to be who I want to be in life and you always believed in me. Trying to put all my thoughts on paper can never cover everything you have done for me MaJali.

As we lost our father as your children at an early age and you lost the love of your life but you were able to single handedily raised us to become better human beings in life. After our father died, you did not remarry, because you said, “I only loved one man and no men will ever make me happy like your father did”, and how you will not disrespect his memory by loving another man. To me that is just loyalty, and unconditional true love and that is the same love we grew up receiving everyday. You raised us to be God fearing children and to always respect others. Also help those in need, because you always believed in giving back by sharing the little that you have with other people. I am sure it was extremely hard raising different genders within your children as we came with our unique personalities but you understood us pretty well. MaJali you are the most humble, patient, strong, loving and phenomenal woman I know and I am grateful to forever call you my mother. We have our ups and downs as a family, but you never gave up on us. In fact you always motivated us to be the best people that we can be in this world, because you felt we are a rare breed. As a single mother I can only imagine how challenging it was raising all of us as the Tshalana's. You are and forever will be my world's greatest mother. Your name is forever tattooed in my heart. I am thankful to have you as my mother and to call myself your son. Your famous words in a message, “take good care of yourself, behave, do not forget to pray and I love you my boy”. These words make me smile every time I get a message from you mother. You got my back for years and your teachings are the greatest. That just makes you the pillar of my strength.

MaJali you are my hero, role model, and my everything and I cannot imagine my life without you. As you always say that you are my number fan and your actions prove that everyday. You always check up on me even though at time I get caught up in my hustle but you always let me know that I am not alone, you and God are by my side and I need to keep on keeping on. I want to make you proud and let you rip all the rewards for your hard work in raising a son like me. I will always love you unconditionally forever MaJali and thank you for always being there for me, your support means the world to me and your work will never go unnoticed. I pray that God keeps you for a long time on earth to see your son succeed in life and live the life you always wanted with me.

NO WORDS IN THIS WORLD THAT CAN EXPRESS HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE AND LOVE YOU UNCONDITIONALLY.