The texts, which have since gone viral, reveal the depth of a mother’s love and fear as she battled a severe illness. In one of the messages, Fidelia begged her friend to take care of her children, admitting she had no one else to depend on. “Take good care of my kids. I have no one. I can see they need me,” she wrote, acknowledging the painful reality that her strength was fading.
Her friend, who goes by @heartofgold on TikTok, tried to reassure her, urging her to hold on and promising that her children were safe. “By the grace of God, you will recover and testify,” she responded, clinging to hope even as Fidelia’s despair deepened.
Fidelia also went as far as sharing her phone passwords, a gesture that underscored her awareness that the end might be near.
When news of her death broke, the grief was compounded by the heavy task of informing her children, who had believed their mother would return home.
Online, Kenyans and netizens across the globe poured in messages of sympathy, many resonating with the deep fear of leaving children behind.
“To love like this, even in your final hours, is the truest form of sacrifice,” one user wrote. Another added, “Death is cruel. A mother’s heart beats only for her children.”
Fidelia’s story has since become a somber reminder of the fragility of life and the enduring strength of a mother’s love—a love that speaks even in the shadow of death.
