I Lived to See Her

                                                                    by 

                                                     Vickjune Excel Wutoh

History says she was born Oct 29, 1938.

I wasn't there to see her grow up

I learned that her early marriage didn't stop her from going to school

I wasn't there to see her first political struggle, but I lived to see her defy the odds

I lived to see her inspired her fellow women to do more including this great woman ( Hillary R. Clinton of the United States of America )

When Liberia was a no go zone to the rest of the world, I lived to see her put my country back on the world map

I lived to see her tolerance

I lived to hear her answer her critics (cheeking them up the real Liberian way)

I lived to see that Gola Kru girl cajole men

I lived to see Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as Africa's first democratically elected female President

I lived to see her story- pardon me, I meant history.