Written during the silence and uncertainty of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, this book emerges from the deepest chambers of my heart. It is a mission to break the silence surrounding a journey I walked years ago.

I once worked as a waitress in a busy coffee shop at O.R. Tambo International Airport, where waitrons were treated as financial tools rather than human beings.

We earned no wage, no salary, and no commission. Our survival depended entirely on customer tips—just 10%.

This meant that if you were absent, you earned nothing.