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I'm mommy's baby!

The Tokiso I am today is all thanks to her strength, patience and bucket loads of love. Her resilience to keep moving even when life said STOP.

When God took the time to create me, I was not only blessed with her beauty but with her elegance, grace and strength.

 
She is not only my mother (and father), she is my sister, bestfriend and confidant!

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.  ~Oprah Winfrey



Her name is Mmagauta; it means Mother of Gold...(Gold = Tokiso...get it) lol




I love this woman to bits and pieces!!!

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