Born Ethiopia, 1958
Mother Tongue, Tigrinia Amharic
Grandchildren, Same, Zoe, Noemi,
They call her, Abayeye
Food is important. It’s like fuel to a car but we shouldn’t be too obsessed about it. As long as you have something to eat, that’s the important thing. Being from Eritrea and having lived in Ethiopia has shaped how I see food. When my boys were younger and would ask what we were having for dinner, I would say, “We’re going to eat food,” not list their choices. There are so many mothers and grandmothers who can’t feed their own families in this world that we should respect food and be happy with what we have.
