“If you are living a godly life, a moral life, then everything you do can be a prayer,” my mother said.”Instead of trying to pray all day, live your life as prayer.”
(Gyasi, p. 53)
Some lines down, Gifty wrote that she “watched the slope of her back rise and fall, rise and fall.” She questioned her mother’s living – “Was this prayer?”
(Gyasi, p. 53)
The chapter ended on those words, emphasizing the seriousness of the question. Last words are always powerful.
TBM suffered from depression after Nana died. Since emigrating to the US, she had lost her homeland Ghana, her husband The Chin Chin man, and now, even her son has died.
TBM became so depressed she withdrew into herself.
TBM was hospitalized twice for depression. Neither stint could cure her. She remained bed bound, eating in a malnourished manner, and requiring her own caretaker in her final days.
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