Post by Vincensia Aoko Otieno

“𝗜𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲.” — 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗠𝗮𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗶 December 2024 still doesn’t feel real.✨ I remember standing there in Migori, holding the 𝗡𝘆𝗮𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱… and for a moment, everything went quiet inside me. Not because there was no noise—but because my heart was trying to catch up with the moment.❤️ It felt like something wasn’t adding up. A girl from West Kanyamkago… standing in a room filled with some of the most powerful women in Nyanza. Women I had only heard about. Women who had already become what many of us are still praying for.🙏🏾 I saw Ida Odinga. I saw Millie Odhiambo Mabona , “𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦, 𝘈𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘰 𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭”, bold as ever.🔥 I saw Gladys Wanga. And then… I saw myself. For a second, I wanted to look behind me… just to be sure they were really calling my name.😅 Because deep down, a small voice whispered, "𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴?" To this day, it still feels like a dream.🌙 Not because I don’t believe I worked for it… but because I know where it all started. I know the roads I have walked. I know the moments no one saw. The doubts. The silence. The days when nothing made sense.💭 And yet… step by step, something was building. 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆. 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆. 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆.🌱 That night, I didn’t just receive an award. I received confirmation. That where you start does not define where you end. That your story, no matter how ordinary it seems, can carry extraordinary impact.💫 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀... 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲💪🏾. Watch Me #purpose #inspiration #NyarNamAwards2024 #NoLimits #TheStory