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Boatemaa

For anyone who may not know me, my name is
Boatemaa, and I am Afua's second daughter.
Thank you all for coming to help us say goodbye
to our mother.

I know this statement sounds cliché but my mom
was a “beacon of hope” for our family, support for
her family and an encouragement to her friends
and everyone around her. As the writer Mitch
Albom wrote “behind all your stories is always
your mother's story. Because hers is where yours
begins”. For me, she was the great example of
what a good wife should be. Her life with Dad set
an example of the uncondi onal love required for
marriage and that's what I try for strive in my own
marriage. I remember when my Dads' business
wasn't flourishing when we lived here in Ghana,
Mom contributed to support the family with her
Hairdressing Profession. She would have me
assist in the salon with her clients which I 'hated'
at that me, because as a 15-year-old young girl
all I wanted, was to go out with my friends. But
those skills taught me how to be independent at a
younger age as well as in my adult life. I have now
taught my own daughter, who is way skillful and
talented than I was at her age and is now in the
process of opening her own salon in crea ng
genera onal blessings.

Mom and I had a complicated rela onship,
par ally because I moved out in my senior year in
high school when I was about 17 years old, got
married at 22 to a military man (Mr. Fred Anane –
Kwame), which moved me away from the family
for 20 plus years. But one thing I know for a fact is
how much mom loved my husband and kids
(Joshua and Isabell) even from afar. To her, my
husband Kwame was a Saint. She would send
packages of African food for Kwame because of
lack of African stores in the community we were
sta oned. She also made sure to a end events for
the kids for every milestone of their lives, like
birthdays and gradua ons no ma er where we
were sta oned. She made sure Dad a ended as
well. She might not have said it out loud but we all
knew Joshua was her favorite grandson, sorry 12
Isabel….“he's my first grandchild…..mom will