Never give Up Hope

In life, we all walk through valleys and peak summits, taking what we can from each experience and becoming who we ultimately are today. 
Although hardships are part of life, and we all carry the weight of disappointments or failures on our shoulders, there are some people for whom life seems to have been particularly difficult. And yet, it is often these people who shed the most light, who give the most of themselves, who lighten the load that others have to bear.
Gloria Doku is one of those people. 
Aged 42, Gloria is happily married to Michael, also 42 years old, and she is the managing director of a successful events and décor company. She is mother to their beautiful son, nine-month-old Nana, and a ten-year-old adopted daughter, Eunice, whose mother passed away four years ago. Gloria seems to have it all and, indeed she will tell you, in as many ways as there are words that she's blessed. Everything about Gloria radiates wisdom, a peaceful calm, an acceptance and gratitude that is inspiring. 

But this inspirational woman has travelled a difficult road, one filled with loss, pain, and the bereavement that only a mother who's lost a child can know. Despite all of this, Gloria remains positive and reminds herself of what she has, instead of dwelling on what she has lost. She explains how her life has always been serious and she never had time to play around, because she was continuously on the path towards bettering herself through education while working temporary jobs to pay the bills.
She was also thrust into motherhood when her sister passed away, leaving children behind that needed to be cared for. The first serious and painful hurdle that Gloria faced was the attempt to fall pregnant.