No Mother Deserves To Suffer To Keep Her Home – Tonto Dikeh

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has come out to celebrate all mothers after the worldwide Mother’s day celebration yesterday.

The movie star recently had her say on motherhood on Instagram, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to her, motherhood is not the symbol of suffering, so women need to stop self-sabotaging and minimizing their peace all in the name of keeping their home.

She added that ladies should learn to find the courage to leave any marriage that doesn’t serve their interests immediately they realize it.

Her words, “‘It’s Mother’s Day again — a day to salute the strength of mothers. From the inception of pregnancy — the hormonal imbalance, weird cravings, and mood swings that comes through out the gestation period. It’s not a walk in the park to be a mom. Vaginal birth is painful, CS isn’t any less painful — motherhood is indeed a sacrifice. It is something a lot of mothers don’t recover from. Child birth.”

“And this is why you should carry your body with confidence. Those marks are stripes of your honor, and strength.”

“Today I’m celebrating every single mom too. It’s hard to be a married mother in this society already, how much more single moms who have to go extra miles to provide for their children?
Single moms who are stigmatized by society; shamed and scornfully laughed at. Single moms who are seen as second class women — I celebrate you today.”

“And to every mother who’s stuck in a bad marriage just because it’s expected of her. I’m here to tell you that motherhood is not the symbol of suffering. Stop self sabotaging. Stop minimizing your peace. Find the courage to leave any marriage that doesn’t serve your interests too. That time is over when we had to take anything just to be called mothers. We have broken that generational curse, and we are putting ourselves first.”

“Happy Mothers To Every Mother. Single or married, or widowed, you are a superhero. You collaborated with God to bring forth another human; that’s something to be endlessly proud of.”