Big Brother Mzansi season 3 winner Mpho WaBadimo, born Michelle Dimpho Mvundla recently took to her social media account to reflect on grief and healing after losing her mother in August this year.
In a touching Instagram post, Mpho describes how she dealt with grief following her mother’s passing. Beautifully, she expressed that grief is more than just losing someone, it is also about realizing how that loss changes who we are.
The reality TV star wrote, “There is something about grief that changes you forever not only do you grieve the loss of your loved one but you also grieve who you were before your loss. It hasn’t been the easiest of transitions, but I’ve slowly learnt to live with the pain and welcome grief as part of my journey. My grief slowly went from a dark space to me finding my light and power once again welcoming new energies of healing, grace and letting go because I have learnt that grief is just LOVE with no place to go and the best thing to do is to go through it.”
“Our hair is our crown and removing our hair is not a sign of weakness but a sign of respect, honour and recollecting our strength. In honour of my mom, I shaved off my hair as a sign of respect and to allow myself to heal and let go because our hair carries energies and memories and sometimes trauma and pain that we have experienced in our lives so cutting it off helps in the releasing of that energy and allowing healing in both spirit and the physical. I cried tears that could fill an ocean, weeping the loss of my mother but guess what? Rain Makes The Flowers Grow and in life, you either choose to stay down and wallow in your pain and die or choose to take back your power and rise like the phoenix that you are!” the 30-year-old stated.
“Dear Grief I thank you,
you took away my life,
but you also gave birth to my soul,” she added.
She concluded by sharing, “Thokoza Ma 🤍I will always love you.”
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