Light through the lens

 

 "If life gives you lemons, make lemonade". But I guess they didn't explain that there are several types of Lemons;some lemons, no matter how much you try to turn it into lemonade, still remain as lemons."

"I stare with sadness and despair at the list of rejection letters. Thoughts of unpaid bills cloud my mind, even as I think about my aged mother, who went through so much to send me to school. Am I really a failure? Does life have to be hard? Why is this happening to me?"

"I'm Amina. I'm 25 years old, 5ft7 and a graduate of Fine and Applied Art from Bayero University, Kano. I'm a photographer."

"Sometimes, I feel life is unfair, especially to me. There are times I feel like taking my life, but the thought of my mother keeps me going as I wonder how she would cope."

"It's Tuesday,another day to go to work and feel terrible. Though I love photography, the art of capturing people's beautiful moments,it changes when you know you aren't appreciated and valued, especially in your place of work. We're all unique in our various ways so why can't I at least be appreciated?"

"Amina, you have a shoot in the next 5 minutes "

"Okay"

"That was Chris, he's a bit nicer to me than the rest. He knows I have something special, but why's he the only one?"

"I went in for my shoot. strangely,I'm waiting for the person. How? It's supposed to be the other way round. So much lack of respect from everyone."

"Hi, Sorry for keeping you waiting, can we commence? "

 I turned to start, 

Behold, Ayra Star!

"Omo, na dream?"

She smiled.

"Hi" I said.

"While photographing her, I decided to engage in small talk."

"How can you describe your journey to the top?"

"It wasn't by sudden flight, there were times I felt down and wanted to give up",

"But you didn't "

"That's why I'm here "

"Thank you "

"Em… You're welcome "

New determination surged in my heart, there's light at the end of the tunnel.