A MEMOIR

Self-Discovery and Personal Growth

Sharing my personal journey towards my 50th birthday – with gained insights from the hindsight inspiring foresight.

HELLO! DUMELA! BONJOUR! SALIBONANI!

Author

My name is Tebogo Nyathi aka tebsnyaty. I am a mother of three and most of my identity has been shaped by my life journey, both in the past and the present. Love is my fundamental value and my life mission is to be like a pinch of salt, bringing pleasure wherever I be in the world. My greatest motivation to be a writer is my greatest need to build a legacy by contributing something meaningful that will endure beyond my lifetime. I stand to inspire humanity through my journey of candid personal insights. Readers can expect that through my vulnerability and relatable experiences, they can be empowered and inspired to hold dear to connections that will make our world a better place.

THE STORY

MY ROAD TO 50

I wish my journey was simple… simple as 1, 2 ,3.

I wish it had been as predictable as 1, 2, 3… 50 steps

But NO! the steps were very many, the mountains too high to climb, the valleys too wide to cross.

I wish my people could have been there by the wayside to cheer me on, but often times I was alone. The music would stop playing while I was still occupying the dance floor.

The journey, my friend, wasn’t easy!

But the beauty you see today, you ask, where did it come from?

Well, first of all…

I built with the stones I picked along the way.

I weaved with the threads from broken bonds.

These threads are the mantle that will embrace my off-spring, and the off-spring of their off-spring….these threads!