Placeholder — Obi nkyerɛ abofra Nyame.
Placeholder — No one needs to show a child God.
Placeholder — Some truths are written on the heart from birth.
The Things She Loved
A small gathering of the words, books and sayings that shaped her days — kept here in her memory.
In Her Own Words
Favourite Quotes
Lines she returned to, copied into letters, and read aloud.
“Placeholder — Do small things with great love.”
“Placeholder — The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
On Her Bookshelf
Favourite Literature
The novels and works she kept close — companions across the years.
Placeholder — Things Fall Apart
Placeholder — Chinua Achebe
Placeholder — She kept a well-worn copy on her bedside table for forty years.
Placeholder — The Pilgrim's Progress
Placeholder — John Bunyan
Mmebusɛm — Wisdom from Home
Favourite Fante Sayings
A gentle nod to her Ghanaian heritage — proverbs she carried with her.
Placeholder — Aboa bi beka wo a, na ofiri wo ntoma mu.
Placeholder — If an insect bites you, it is from within your own cloth.
Placeholder — Watch carefully who you keep close.
Verses She Loved
Favourite Poems
Poems she read in quiet moments, and shared with those she loved.
Placeholder — Death, be not proud
Placeholder — John Donne
Placeholder — Death, be not proud, though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so…
Placeholder — Do not stand at my grave and weep
Placeholder — Mary Elizabeth Frye
Placeholder — Do not stand at my grave and weep, / I am not there; I do not sleep…
