Cynthia Erivo Source

"That was the day I first started to realize that for some people, I was sometimes too much.

I never felt that sense at home. I loved everything from home. When you’re a kid and your mother makes you food to take to school, some kids are really embarrassed. Not me! I thought, Thank goodness Mum made some food and I’m taking it to school. This is what I would like to eat. I was so proud of where I came from and of my mum and what she could do. Whenever we went on a school trip, it was the best because she would send me with a flask of jollof rice and some chicken. It’s probably why today, even now, I pack little things with me, foods I enjoy so I’ll feel that sense of being loved throughout the day."