Friday, October 18, 2013

my river of life

my name is ziyanda Portia Tontsi i'm 22 years old i'm going to tell you about who I am and the way I brought up by a single parent after the death of my father at an early age.

I was born on the 14th of may in 1991 at Kayamandi stellenbosch( in boland) I spent most of my life there,we are a family of 5 older sister whose now married, a younger sister, my mother and son.  my father passed away in 2001 at that time i was about 10/11 years old and was in grade 4.
I started my primary school in 1997-2004 at ikhaya primary situated at kayamandi, in 2005 I started high school at Kayamandi high and passed my matric in 2010 with a diploma. Relationship wisely I started dating when i was 15 years old and I'm still with the same guy from then and now we both 22 we have a baby boy,who I gave to on the 7th of July 2012, my pregnancy was not easy because I  had all kinds of illness and I gave birth on the 10th month going to 11th one but my baby came out healthy and strong.

I started my higher education at Northlink college doing public management its native course.  I passed my N4 and 5 and couldn't continue with my N6 because of financial problems and the pregnancy.I stopped attending school after they were closed in June because early July i had a baby and i had to a stay at mom for few months, but went back January of 2013 to do the next level then quit because of funds and my mother at that time really struggled to keep me in school but she tried her best.  And that was not the end, I applied at Chrysalis academy and my request was considered now I'm doing office administration and I'm liking it. My future plan is to go to varsity and study more if that doesn't workout i'll be looking for any kind of clerical work to support my family especially my mother and son they mean the world to me.


I strive to make better future for myself so that I can support my family and be good mother and a inspiration to my son. And also show other young mothers like me that having a child is not the end of your life but the start to have a purpose for life..


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