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This memorial website was created in memory of our dearest Catherine Ebie Lyonga Musoko who was born in Buea, SW Cameroon on July 2, 1924 and transitioned on All Saints Day November 1, 2020

Mother of Janet Mboti Ewune Ngongi, Barrister Ikomi Mbella Ngongi, Late Dr Mbangu Olive Musoko, Susan Elinge Musoko Nguime Ekollo, Mamue Maloke Musoko Kamm Guillaume and Peter Jovi Ilome Musoko.
Mother in law to Late Kevin Kamm Guillaume, Chief Frederic Nguime Ekollo and Assia Saou Musoko.
Grandmother to Mboti Rahila Ngongi Well, Elinge Natalia Ngongi Feliciano, Mazinka Wilson Ngongi, Jérôme Amiot Maimbi Kamm, Catriona Alana Ebie Musoko Ekollo, Peter Ilome Nguime Ekollo and Mbango Imane Musoko.
Great-grandmother, sister, aunty, friend and mentor to many.

Fondly remembered in our hearts and shared on this page as she sleeps in eternal peace.

Rest in Paradise, Makaty 
November 1, 2023
November 1, 2023
Mamma!!! Today started off quite hard as the tears wouldn't stop. Im gonna try singing and downloading...
Come come ye saints
Immortal invicible God only wise o Mamma .... saying we miss you is the understatement of the year@ Even on your sick bed you exuded leadership and order...now Mamma...all confusion let loose!! What will we do? Please pray for us in Heavenly places ooo...i need you and i miss you...o my mother!!!
November 1, 2023
November 1, 2023
Beyonce - I miss you

« I miss you, like everyday, wanna be with you, but you’re away »

Long day ahead my girl. So much tears but also so much love. So much grief but also so much gratitude. I know you went to rest and if anybody deserves, it is you. BUT stillll … I feel like that was a big one to do, you know? A big one ah boh. These 3 years have felt like 30 years and also 3 days at the same time. Weird. Many feelings today, no many words. Stay safe out there and don’t have all the fun without me !

I love you and I miss you ❤️
July 2, 2023
July 2, 2023
Trying to download some of the songs from Church today but dont know how to.
I love you dearly Mamma and wish i could have even one more day with you!
Happy birthday in Heaven and i know you are living it up there in the Heavenly choirs with all our faithful departed distributed in all the different parts Alto, Soprano Bass etc those known on earth and the rest in Heaven. Enjoy ! Enjoy your rest...you deserve it! Mum...stay blessed!
July 2, 2023
July 2, 2023
Mum, So Church was good today on what would have been your 99th birthday on Earth.
I started off with all these tears but managed to get a grip on myself and get to Church with a little gift for my Pastor as something to remind me of your giving nature.
The choir had a song about Ancient of Days and i thought of you and Adonai we worship you... then it was time for the Sermon and lo and behold our Pastor spoke of people never being the same after an encounter with Christ! Yes Mamma you encountered Christ and you appreciated and are elevated to a higher level...you are not the same anymore! So i say THANK YOU LORD FOR ALL YOUR GOODNESS. I m not crying anymore as i know you have taken it to a higher level, Mamma. Please keep praying for us as Robert Mugabe said that African parents have no rest....when they finish working as parents and die, they start working as Ancestors!
July 2, 2023
July 2, 2023
Ps: I let them know your preference for small chinchin and malta. I told them to give you the next best thing in case either was unavailable !!

Love you lots
July 2, 2023
July 2, 2023
Mbu mwa yabe ma bwam to you my sweet sweet girl ! I can’t help but feel the most immense gratitude to God for your time on earth, and all that it meant + all that you will forever mean to me. I feel so very blessed to have enjoyed our time spent thoroughly and to be able to carry your legacy with me for the rest of my own life!

Once again thank you for everything, no one could ever do it like you Makaty and i like it that way. I’ll be thinking sweet thoughts of you my girl, until we meet again !

With all my love,
Your Iya Mbombo
May 10, 2023
May 10, 2023
Boh, also the last born, he looks just like you in the face (A LOT) but mostly in the heart. He also now walks just like you complete with slight upper back bend and signature single arm swing. The combination makes for somewhat of a reincarnation - it's wild !
Was he always like this or do I just miss you so much that I'm seeking for you in everyone ? Who knows, maybe both. Anyhow ah boh. Thank you again for everything, you did so well by me (and us all) I'm going to make you smile down!
May 10, 2023
May 10, 2023
Ah Boh !!!
Some flowers bc it's been so long. The hurt and sting have given way to an endless emptiness, most days we manage, some days we don't but all days feel numb. "What does it matter when my grandmother has already gone?" I say so often. Ah boh, "verily I say unto you", sometin happen, something I fear might never ever feel right.

As usual though Iya Mbombo, after acknowledging all the feels (and there are many) the one that comes to stay the longest is gratitude. How blessed, how fortunate, how thankful I am to have done life with you. There are so many other things I wish we could have shared, but how could they surpass what we did share ??? You magical girl, you !!!

I loved you, and I'm so glad that I always showed it. I love you and I'm down here doing my absolute best to make good on my word, on all the things we talked/talk about.

Until then,
Bye for now ❤️
November 1, 2022
November 1, 2022
Bright Summer days are gone by
Everything passes away
I have no mother to comfort my days
I paddle my canoe alone.
November 1, 2022
November 1, 2022
Mamma,
i like talking to you on this space , albeit in a monologue!
I like the fact that i don't need to talk posthumously about you as theres something about this space which feels like you are sitting on the other side virtually and that you will answer soon !
So its two good years you have been sitting on that side and sending me some warm psychic messages sometimes through dreams where you look happy, to little subtle nods and feeling like you would touch me soon , that ever reassuring touch to say All is well
Still waiting though for clear directives on what to do with all the confusion, mayhem since you went to sit on that other side??? Did you think that becase we are now "Oldies" as you called us we would manage? O Mamma!
November 1, 2022
November 1, 2022
Mamma, as the days go bye i realise how much you meant to me and how much i love and miss you!
I know you are resting perfectly in Heaven and that gives me courage and faith that if i strive hard enough God is faithful and will also take me into His eternal kingdom in Heaven....so i will meet you again! Stay blessed Mamma...my love to my loving big sister and my loving big brother Lingongo
November 1, 2022
November 1, 2022
A Loba bweya nya bobe Ndedi
Ke na nungame o boso bongo
Na ma some onyol’a bwam
Njika bonam na kusi no
Loba o ma bweya mba ndedi

Loba monene a kase oa
Na o bomsane biso epolo
O Bwanga ba Tete

Mama, wumse na musango
November 1st, 2022
June 1, 2022
June 1, 2022
Sending you roses   your favourite flowers  belatedly on mothers day!.... Hmmm, why didn't i send them on the exact Mothers day.??.... Mum please forgive...i still love you forever and miss your great spirituality even on the most banal and earthly things!!!!...the way you insisted on doing things right as you claimed it was Godly to strive for perfectly...that When we smile it must come from the bottom of our hearts as if Jesus was right there watching us... that we must pray over every offering in Church before putting it in, so God will accept it! And give cheerfully too...not to talk of reminding us daily that Obedience is doing what you are told to do, Promptly and Cheerfully!!! O Mamma...the best mother, the best teacher....Rest perfectly  cos you did an excellent job down here! Rest, Mamma...i love you!
May 30, 2022
May 30, 2022
Happy Mother's Day to the ULTIMATE mother of many nations ! I love you and miss you so much but I'm always comforted by the notion that this bond transcends all concepts of time/space. In every realm we are besties and Iya mbombos - what a blessing ❤️❤️❤️
April 20, 2022
April 20, 2022
Yes The Elect Lady ! We missed you at Christmas we missed you at Easter!
All your instructions on
the Do s and Don’t s of both seasons …:Colour and dress codes
Wear black and red on Good Friday for mourning the violent bloody death of Jesus Christ
Wear white on Easter morning to signal rebirth and renewal of spirit
White on the first of January for new beginnings and purity
No open indecent clothes to Church nor trousers for ladies
Reverence and respect in Church for being in the presence of the king of all kings…. So no sitting carelessly, talking or arriving late for Church like I still do unfortunately , please God help me to change for the better so I won’t be late to get to Heaven….
Participating fully in all Christian activities as best you can
Using your talents to the glory of God… singing, praising,coaching, advising, supporting financially and otherwise, teaching etc etc
Mamma, you taught us so many many things by words and actions and we pray that God will give us the grace to put into good practice all that we learnt from you!
You were not in the choirs but you were a mentor and coach as well as patroness to many choirs. With your lovely voice you taught us many songs , hymns and choruses that we sang in school at Church and for Brownies and Girl Guides!
You moulded young minds as a teacher for school and Sunday school and you never stopped using young great talent as a teacher to teach at Christian Women Fellowship meetings and as a lay preacher in Church!
As a fervent coach, you encouraged your kids and grand kids as well as thousands of others to deep into their inner selves and bring out the best in themselves! In sports as well as in formal education , you coached us all to be the very best versions of ourselves!!! That’s how you had two children as international group sports players (Mboti in volleyball and Mbango in handball), I, Elinge only made it to national level Basketball in the Southwest as well as Northwest Osucs regional teams!
I will post the pictures of you going to coach your grandson Peter as a two year old playing Judo and playing football , now he s going international you are not here but watching from above coaching encouraging and praying!
Yes Gaurdian angel that you are now, coach your last Granny Mbango as she does volleyball and also goes international! You always said they’ve got talent to encourage…. O yes!
Continue to encourage the sports and all other talents Mamma!
Small Great Granny Coucou Ngoh knows how to pray well, encourage that talent too!
Those who know how to sing and play musical instruments should join choirs and those who can danse should praise God!!
MAMMA YOUR SPIRIT LIVES ON in o so many ways!!! Me, I’m writing that book Mummy… the book about you, please pray for me!!! Will get there in Jesus mighty name Amen

April 20, 2022
April 20, 2022
So Mum, Easter went by for me in the most insipid manner! After the long Lent period and trying to do the right thing, Easter which was supposed to be a happy spiritual culmination of the fasting , prayers and Church going of the Holy period. Unfortunately for me it wasn’t it at all… I ended up in a Catholic Church for a baptism and it was so overfull that many of us opted for the outdoor , which ended up a medley of kids running and playing all around, shouting and screaming and eating Alaska biscuits and sweets ( sorry for the parents s who ran short of money for goodies for their children) etc
Then it started to drizzle outside and we all rushed with our chairs to find space on the corridors … all squashed up waiting for the sermon that we couldn’t hear well obviously, to come to an end
But for once the very time conscious Catholics decided to be at one with their Protestant brothers and go for the long haul…..,, from the normal one hour sermon we did the full range from 11 am to 2.30 pm!!!!
Then it was the end at last and we drove home to the reception, suffice to say that we started lunch at 4 pm! Exhausted and searching for my bed I crawled back home and into my bed to MISS you and cry!
Cry for missing the early morning street singing drumming and dancing in Buea to mark the fact that HE IS RISEN INDEED AND THE GRAVE CAN NO LONGER HOLD HIM DOWN!a we li longe as we sing and dance down the streets of street seven Great Soppo
April 8, 2022
April 8, 2022
All of this is to let you know how much i miss you and how you will forever be a part of me my darling mother....so grateful to have jad the best mother on mother Earth! Rest in power, Great woman...THE ELECT LADY!
April 8, 2022
April 8, 2022
WRITING YOUR BOOK!
So Mums!
Here am i on the book again, with a better attitude, inspiration and a grateful heart ,...all good ingredients for a writing spirit!
Nalo, my big sister, has been very helpful and encouraging! She s helping to write a whole lot of background family history she's got such a lovely refreshing style and a good pen...you will love it
March 6, 2022
March 6, 2022
Iya Mbombo,

C'est la fête des grand-mères aujourd'hui et je pense à toi.
My grandmother, my mbamba and my mbombo, the best to ever do it. I could really say so much about you my grandma, but I'll save it for another time. Lord knows we lived it up me and you - no leftover. Being mbamba and mbombo to you was definitely a top tier experience. Thank you so much.

I love you, Bye for now ❤️
February 28, 2022
February 28, 2022
Some flowers for you my sweet one, I know you liked nice things !
I miss you everyday my dear, some days are harder than others and the grief is still so much but gratitude is truly the overpowering sentiment.
Iya Mbombo there will never ever be another you, no one could ever do it like you. I thank God everyday that there was a time in this big big world where my flesh and yours connected. But mostly I thank God in advance for an eternity where our souls find each other again and again ❤️
November 4, 2021
November 4, 2021
Rest in perfect peace, mama ! ❤
November 2, 2021
November 2, 2021
Boh - yesterday was so perfect, thank you.
You are with me forever, and I am with you forever and that's how it will be FOREVER. Thank you for reminding me yesterday and in the loudest of ways too, that what we share is indeed FOREVER and across all realms. I love you forever my favorite girl and will never ever stop missing you ❤️
P M
November 1, 2021
November 1, 2021
Dear Mamma - still missing you here a lot. Comforted only by the thought that you are sitting up there cosy with our Lord waiting for the day we meet again.
Keep those prayers coming as always - we need them here more than ever.

Loving you always
Didy
October 24, 2021
October 24, 2021
Came to say special thanks for the last born, he reminds me so much of you, down to the soothing voice. Thank you for all 6 though, I love them dearly. Your legacy is forever, we will all make sure of that.
Miss you always ❤️
September 20, 2021
September 20, 2021
Please pray to God for me to have courage to finish writing your book, Mamma. Its worth writing and ive been contacted by people who want to put your story on screen!!! Mamma Catherine the greatest!!!. How about that ?...bye...for now , as you always added!
September 20, 2021
September 20, 2021
Psalms 112:6
Surely he will never be shaken;
A righteous man will be remembered forever.

Mamma, i miss you and pray that you find peace in Heaven and pray for us to have peace on Earth. Make friends with the Angels and all the Saints especially our faithful departed. Greet my Grandparents my uncles and Aunties and especially my big sister Mbango and my nig brothet Lingongo Oscar...please tell my two biggies that i love them dearly and miss them inordinately.
You Mamma , you remain my most valuable player ever...i love you forever@


September 13, 2021
September 13, 2021
In between 'wish you were here' and 'so glad you're near'.

Until then,
love you always ❤️
August 31, 2021
August 31, 2021
Iya Mbombo - I just read something from a guidepost!!! Didn’t think those still existed, but i’m so glad they do and I will be reading more of them soon.

Bye for now ! I love you always
August 5, 2021
August 5, 2021
Mummy Isaw you in my dream last night! Looking like a majestic Angel...standing up there in the skies....dressed in white flowing dress which covered your toes stretching into the skies! All pristine white and shining squeaky clean. Your beautiful black face was bright happy and smiling and all you did was stay in the clouds and smile...saying no words but communicating spiritually...as usual...that you were happy fine and living your best life ever!
Mamma that's what I understood
..what else did you want to communicate that I didn't pick up ?
Mamma , tell me more next time...I love you forever ! I need more guidance...please continue to pray for us...we miss your earthly prayers
But now that you have gone to Heaven, take it to a higher level and pray Heavenly prayers for us!
❤❤❤❤
July 2, 2021
Mama we remember you this day with a 4/4 little sweat cake which was your "peche mignon" and a soft sweet drink. We pray and thank GOD ! For a place for you in Heaven !
July 2, 2021
July 2, 2021
Happy Birthday super woman. I’m having some chin chin and Malta on your account . Your great grand son David Rey Ndelly came in a couple of days earlier. We hope we’re able to communicate to him the love you’ve so lavishly bestowed upon us.
Love you ❤️
July 2, 2021
July 2, 2021
Dear Iya Mbombo,
Happy earthly birthday with the saints. I hope you hear my shouts of joy up in the heavens. My tears will not surpass my joy today a boh!!!! I will give thanks to the Lord for allowing you to grace this earth, and for making me a part of your amazing world ! What a blessing it has been to share the same name, heart, and faith. My Iya mbombo, my friend … today, I will specially honour you and all your teachings.
You are with me Forever, and I am with you forever… and that’s how it will be … forever
July 2, 2021
July 2, 2021
I posted you a nice new song about people like you having a place up there...I'm sure you know it and you love it...can still see your lovely smile...hmmmm
July 2, 2021
July 2, 2021
Happy 1st birthday in Heaven Mamma! Saying I miss you is an understatement!
I miss your soft loving touch, patting my hand or face...transfering lots of spirit to spirit , all spiritual messages! And meaning so much...I love you , I care about you, you will be alright, God loves you etc etc. Mamma I miss all those subtle messages in your gentle touch......I miss you and it hurts me so badly and I'm trying not to cry because its your birthday! And I know that up in Heaven, you are having a great time of your new life! Enjoy Mamma Enjoy with all the Saints and ABBA Father. Tell Mbangs Rona Mbamba Papa Mola Mbella, Jobi, Lyonga and my Aunties Yaya Eposi and Rogate that I never met...Keep me in your prayers too...Tomorrow is another day! Sending you love hugs and prayers! Your mother ! Elinge.
June 4, 2021
June 4, 2021
Yes God is good , in Earth and Sky
From ocean depths and spreading woods,
Ten thousand voices seem to cry
In accents clear that God is Good!

Yes Mamma , you taught us this song, one of your favourites , when we were still in primary school, but I remember the first and second verses clearly like it was yesterday!

Why can't I teach my own children the way you taught us for them to be more interested to learn?
No good pedagogical skills like you ?
No sustained interest for singing from my children?
Or it must be me and my impatience?
Why o why....maybe the Grand children will do better?
Ok so pray for me ...that your lovely voice and loveliest songs should not be forgotten...it is part of your heritage Mamma...praying and singing and teaching! Pray for us from up yonder!...sending you love and lots of it too!
May 9, 2021
May 9, 2021
So this is how it feels to be a motherless child on Mothers day?? ❤
May 9, 2021
May 9, 2021
1st Mothers day with my own very Angel up amongst the Saints and chosen ones of God up yonder...In the hollow of His hands! YESSOOO Happy 1st Mothers Day in Heaven Mamma Mia!
May 9, 2021
May 9, 2021
Happy Mother's Day Iya Mbombo !!!
My Iya, my mbombo, my friend.

Today, I'm going to have a beautiful day in extreme thankfulness for the blessing that is being born into your lineage. The DNA is strong, the spirit lives on in me and in all of us, praise be to God.
My Iya - thank you for the love, the lessons, the life that you shared with me. May you always reap the sweet fruit of your labour, even on the beautiful side.

I miss you, always - I love you
April 7, 2021
April 7, 2021
Mamma, Easter Sunday came and I woke up trying to be happy for the arrival of our risen Lord and singing all those our songs!!!! Only for me to get half way and remember how you used to encourage me to go out and join the crowd early in the morning in Buea to meet our risen Lord and... basta.....the melt down came! Mamma where are you...Mamma where are you oooim looking for you!
I miss you and you will be missed inordinately my dear friend, confidante, mother and daughter
Rest perfectly in Paradise Mummy !
April 3, 2021
April 3, 2021
Mums! My darling Mamma...yesterday for some odd reason I kept thinking it was an April fools day joke that you d passed...am I losing it???
I saw this fat lady walking very fast and with a seemingly determined sense of purpose and she reminded me of you? How come?
..you never were fat, au contraire! So what was it about her that brought you to mind?.. the way she looked determined to beat the odds, in this case the hot weather , to get to where she was going .! Sweating it out but not seeming to feel the discomfort, because she had to get it done... a do what it takes attitude that so reminded me of you
- the day we were playing outside the garden in the BTTC Soppo compound with our American neighbours and a six meter long snake came out of no where and you were the closest adult around....hmmm..
Before we could say Jack Robinson you'd grabbed one big stick from nearby and while telling us all to run away, beat the big thing to death by cleverly administering the fastest strongest strokes you could muster up..
My hero.....the greatest role model of a lady ...before the men arrived you were done....the do what it takes attitude again. You became the talk and admiration hero for months later.
- Then the day big burly sister fell I'll with malaria fever and without a car nor a taxi to take you to the general hospital about three miles uphill away, you slung your big nine year old baby on your back and started the walk up the hill! Thank God we took the initiative to go ask our White American neighbour Ms Foche who had a car ,but was such a grump, that no one ever dared ask her for anything. However and much to our surprise, she accepted to start her car and met you almost half way through!...that determined way of getting things done despite the odds.....that was my mother, the greatest role model, my hero....nothing and no one could stop you as you only feared and trusted God your creator.
So you must be happy now in His sweet care..Enjoy Mamma enjoy.

I love you...always have always will!

Next time I will put down in words the first time you came to me with a message from the far beyond and what you told me.

Mbunda mi ooo?, Nyango ami oooo et mwanaami eeee nye na nangeh tein oweh.....good night! Miss you
April 1, 2021
April 1, 2021
Iya Mbombo, happy 6 months up in heaven.
I wonder how it's going ? Have you settled in nicely? Have you seen mommy Mbango? Will you visit my dreams soon with more counsel or am I doing ok? Will it get more normal or it's forever going to be so surreal, life without you? I miss you ... so so much my friend.
Until next time, bye for now ❤️
January 25, 2021
January 25, 2021
It's coming in waves Mbombo... That sharp pain and tightness in the chest and the urge to scream it away sometimes or other times to cry it away quietly.
My girl, this thing is not very pleasant but I'm equipped - Wearing the armour of God and shielding my weary heart in His hands. I miss you so ... I'm trying my hardest to go about life and carry your teachings along the journey, but that comes with the memories ... and selfishly I wish we could make more.
Ah Boh, I miss you dearly. I love you but I know who loves you most.

PS: you're welcome to come to my dreams whenever, I'm ready and you know I'm counting on it.
Bye for now...
January 15, 2021
January 15, 2021
Mamma,
so after the ordeal of burying your physical remains and trying unsuccessfully to continue as if things were still normal, I failed woefully and broke down screaming on Newyear, just after midnight!..
So this is the first year of my whole life without you to say happy Newyear to! The pain is real...I remember how you, like your mother, used to be so grateful for a Newyear and you would sing, pray and dance into the new one!
I remember the fine details that you used to take note off like the raindrops falling in a certain pattern..
I remember your keen eye for details like the great writer Chaucer, and your love for certain words like "Flotsam and jetsam" as well as "Outlandish!" , and I smile....
I remember your love for writing short poems describing daily events and little things of interest.... I have quite a few of them stacked carefully...

January 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
I've been using a lavender body wash ..... you know I miss you so !
January 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
You must really have been God's favorite - for you to have had such a perfect existence and transition to glory.
That being said, this has been the most incredible loss - my friend, Iya Mbombo. I've been throwing "Thy will be done Lord" at every difficult moment, I'm really counting on that to get me through.

Love you forever my girl - bye for now...
December 26, 2020
December 26, 2020
It definitely was sad and dreary without you this first Christmas! The girls kept crying and thinking how surreal it all seemed. Your boys bore up but we could see that some were drinking a tad too much..nerves?
Little Mbango, your last grand daughter , and the only one to remember to buy gifts , tried to keep things real by coming up with a few gifts under the Christmas tree. However, she broke down too while we were singing the Carol's and she and Cookie Cashiona needed comforting !
Then we sang lots of your favourite songs and Carol's.
I took the initiative to start singing O HOLY NIGHT, THE STARS ARE BRIGHTLY SHINING, and remembering how you coached me the first and only time I sang solo in Church, reminding me to fall on my knees....when, ..I had a real melt down !
O my Mummy, my friend and confidante...I really miss you...ooo!
December 26, 2020
December 26, 2020
Mamma!
I fondly remember you this day as you spend your first Christmas in Heaven.!
I have prayed all morning begging Jesus Himself to hold your hand and guide you through, so you should feel welcome.
I reminded Him of your love of music , so maybe He will guide you towards the choirs.
He knows that even though you were the greatest and best Teacher, you also loved to learn. So He will guide you with His eye and teach you many new things.
You will remember me to my big sister Mbango and my big brother Rona Lingongo, not forgetting my best Aunty Yaya and my loving uncles Mbella, Jobi and Naela! As for my most loving Grandparents Rev Daniel and Susannah Lyonga....hmm all those faithful departed Saints! May God bless you all in Heavenly places.
December 24, 2020
December 24, 2020
A TRIBUTE IN HONOUR OF [12/24, 01:55] Ngongi Janet: I corrected the spelling of my mom's name and you will need to post it to the link I sent to you please because if I post it, it will look like I posted the tribute.

Here is the link again: https://www.forevermissed.com/ebielyonga/about

When you click on the link, look for post tribute and post

IN MEMORY OF MRS.
MUSOKO!!!
Life and Time, but two inseparable concepts
That govern human relationships.
Our personal idiosyncrasies may predispose us to live for a Day or less.
Such, the Goal set in toil and moil unend.
Ma, our very cherished Mother and Mentor;
In spite of unique or bizarre traits of character;
Thou withheld not academic nectar craved.
We're who we are, for tenacity and Parenting;
Words alone can't ever hail thee enough;
As to quantify thy legacies and acolytes
Now bequeath'd to posterity.
A Feminine Icon you've been;
And will always be treasur'd in our hearts!
May thy gentle soul find
Solace with Him,
Untill we meet again!
  Adios, sweet mother
[12/24, 11:39] Charles Dugar: ** By Dugar Charles
(Batch of 1968-1973:
 The Governors). MOSSOKO.
December 14, 2020
December 14, 2020
Iya Mbombo you looked GOOD ! Laid like a queen, sleeping in the utmost peace. I left you some leafs, for that our soup - share with Mommy Mbango too.

Bye for now,
I love you
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November 1, 2023
November 1, 2023
Mamma!!! Today started off quite hard as the tears wouldn't stop. Im gonna try singing and downloading...
Come come ye saints
Immortal invicible God only wise o Mamma .... saying we miss you is the understatement of the year@ Even on your sick bed you exuded leadership and order...now Mamma...all confusion let loose!! What will we do? Please pray for us in Heavenly places ooo...i need you and i miss you...o my mother!!!
November 1, 2023
November 1, 2023
Beyonce - I miss you

« I miss you, like everyday, wanna be with you, but you’re away »

Long day ahead my girl. So much tears but also so much love. So much grief but also so much gratitude. I know you went to rest and if anybody deserves, it is you. BUT stillll … I feel like that was a big one to do, you know? A big one ah boh. These 3 years have felt like 30 years and also 3 days at the same time. Weird. Many feelings today, no many words. Stay safe out there and don’t have all the fun without me !

I love you and I miss you ❤️
July 2, 2023
July 2, 2023
Trying to download some of the songs from Church today but dont know how to.
I love you dearly Mamma and wish i could have even one more day with you!
Happy birthday in Heaven and i know you are living it up there in the Heavenly choirs with all our faithful departed distributed in all the different parts Alto, Soprano Bass etc those known on earth and the rest in Heaven. Enjoy ! Enjoy your rest...you deserve it! Mum...stay blessed!
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January 28, 2021
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Rest in peace and rise in glory Mamma! Remembering you fondly today as my mother and father?, Giant of a lady who...
- Stood tallest amongst her peers always distinguishing herself as she hated being ordinary!
- Who spoke the best good Bakweri, good English , Bakossi and Banyangi and a smattering amount of French!...and never tolerated nor hesitated to correct anyone who made mistakes speaking properly 
-who taught us to read books by interpreting illustrations even before we could read the alphabet 
- o how she had fun listening to our childish interpretations of illustrations which sometimes were so far from reality!!!
- Who taught us reading by reading the Bible and correcting our mistakes and in so doing , improving our English while getting us to know the Bible and especially that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom (one of her favourite passages!)
Who at the same time taught us to walk straight, no bending of your back or...... forgot the word which was also one of her favourites too...
- who taught us to sing especially religious songs and songs as Guides...every time we went for a car drive and came back in the evening, we had to do rounds of O HOW LOVELY IS THE EVENING IS THE EVENING WHEN THE BELLS ARE SWEETLY RINGING SWEETLY RING DING DONG DING DONG...O Mamma !!! How I miss you!!!
- Not to talk of Where the bee sucks there suck I, in a cow slip bell I lie, there I crouch where owls do cry where owls do cry where owls do cry...on the bats back I do fly....I do fly I do fly..., After Summer merrily merrily after Summer merrily. Merrily merrily shall I live now, under the bosom that hangs n the bough, merrily merrily shall I live now, under the bosom that hangs on the bough, under the bosom that hangs on the bough!
-Mamma, please I dont have the patience to teach your grandchildren so what will I do? Wait for your great grannies to teach them all these songs?? ? Maybe...if not it will be such a waste...
- you this same classy beauty with a large kind heart, who didn't hesitate to share all you had with family and even with strangers!!!, was the same Mum who never hesitated in killing snakes as long and green as they came in those days, when you felt your kids could be threatened!!!
- Mamma Mamma Mamma ooooooo where will I stop? Some lady wants permission to translate your interesting life story into a movie??? Am I saying YES?   That's for sure...working on immortalising the great ELECT LADY as Moderator Emeritus Nku named you!
Getting my thoughts together...bye for now.  Love you ..
Lots!!!


Learning religious songs in Duala

November 17, 2020
My Mbamba and I spent a lot of our time together learning about the good Lord, the Holy Bible and songs of praise. 
She loved singing beautiful melodies in Duala language and would "la la la la" whenever she didn't remember the words immediately. The first one I can remember learning with her just before my baptism was "Na Salō" which spoke about how small we are as humans, but reassured that the good Lord doesn't care about that when He showers us with blessing.

My favorite of these songs this year has been "Kristo a Tondi Mba" reminding me of God's unmeasurable love for me and mine. My mbombo was a woman of gratitude and till her very last days on earth, she was to be heard saying "Thank You, Thank God" and so through my pain, my gratitude remains. Na som Loba o nyol'a ndola'O.

Cooking Lessons in Great Soppo

November 13, 2020
My Mbombo and I would wake up early in the morning and after thanking God, cleaning ourselves and eating serious breakfast "for strength" we would set out to the backyard bench and prepare the day's meal. I was about 4-5 years old but I remember washing the bitter-leaf, onions, and other ingredients in a small basin, ready for her to cut. Wether it was Okro soup or Ndole, there had to be greens, because vegetables are key nutrients. After ingredients were prepared, Uncle Moyo would make the fire in the outdoor traditional kitchen. And there I would sit and watch it boil with the other children. I would gather all left over ingredients, some salt here, some onion slices there, and save them for a soup of my own later in the day. As soon as lunch was eaten and everyone retired from the kitchen, I was back outside putting to practice my own lessons. Gathering leafs from the garden trees (sometimes guava, sometimes other random grass), I would make a tiny soup with my saved ingredients from the main meal and beg Uncle Moyo to blow the left over firewood under my small pot. After my soup was ready I would bring it to Iya Mbombo to taste it and in true fashion, she would eat it but also praise my efforts. We would revisit the recipes over the years until I mastered them all and became in charge of main meals myself.

Thank You my Iya Mbombo, for your unending love and patience. I love you, forever.

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