unicefさんのインスタグラム写真 - (unicefInstagram)「A must-read message from a mother to her baby girl in Afghanistan.⠀ ⠀ 💙⠀ 💙⠀ 💙⠀ ⠀ "My little girl, I know that we are the luckiest baby and mother in Afghanistan. And I want you to know that things will be better for you than they were for me, just as they were better for me than for my mother. When my mother gave birth to me, she did so in a poor family. We didn’t even have our own home. When she was in second year of university, your uncle was born. Despite her hard work and dreams, she couldn’t continue her lessons. She sacrificed her life to support and protect her children.⠀ ⠀ So years later, I found a way to thank her.⠀ ⠀ When I was in second year of university, I searched for a month and found her documents from the Ministry of Higher Education and her university. Then, I sought a permission letter from the Ministry to support her to join a private university. I gave her the registration paper of the new university as a gift for Mother’s Day. I remember, she cried and laughed at the same time.⠀ ⠀ She joined the university and graduated with her diploma just two years later. I can’t tell you how proud I felt. That day, she was the happiest woman in the world.⠀ ⠀ So, my lovely daughter, your grandmother is your reason to hope and to believe in change. Every day, Afghan women like her battle against the odds to bring their dreams to life. They empower each other, hand-in-hand, step-by-step. You will join that tradition, as I did. Together, we will help more women realise their promise and potential. This is my dream for you. And just as I turned my mother’s dream into reality, I think you will breathe life into mine.⠀ ⠀ I think about this at night when you keep me awake with your wriggling. I pray to God for a future where women and men have equal rights; and for blessed peace so I can send you to school without fear. I pray for your health and happiness. Mostly, I pray for you to be bold and courageous.⠀ ⠀ And you will be because you’ll be standing on my shoulders, my darling.⠀ ⠀ With love,⠀ Your mother, Arifa."⠀ ⠀ @unicefafghanistan © UNICEF/Omid」2月8日 23時05分