Wetin Happen
In a deeply emotional segment of her interview with Chude Jideonwo, Morayo Afolabi-Brown opened up about the complex and often painful life of her late mother. She confessed that she is “not sure” if her mother was truly happy by the time she passed away, as she was a woman who carried many “hurts,” “pains,” and “regrets.”…CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>
She spoke of the difficult decisions her mother was forced to make, the sacrifices she had to endure, and the emotional distance that often existed between them. She believes that her mother’s life was a series of trade-offs, and that while she did the best she could, she was never able to fully escape the consequences of her choices.
In Morayo Afolabi-Brown’s words: “I asked you if you thought your mother was happy by the time she passed, and you said you were not sure. There are many layers. My mother, as much as she tried to fix a lot of things, it was difficult for her to fix it. In her life. She knew that growing up, she had made certain decisions. Unfortunately, she was forced to live with those decisions. And I think I knew her hurts, I knew her pain, I knew what she was going through. But I couldn’t help her. I wouldn’t say I know she had some regrets. I know that for sure. Not something she expressed a lot, but those of us who were really close to her knew she had some regrets.”…CONTINUE FULL READING>>>
