When Media Personality Pearl Thusi’s mother past away. She was still doing grade 10. 
She was a reigning miss SA teen. 

 

 

 

Pearl admits that she used to ask her mother some weird question before she passed away, like “mom why did you date a taxi driver” 

She regrets asking such stupid questions. Pearl wishes she can turn the clock back and ask “hard heating” questions to get answers.

Pearl was still very young. She regrets not asking her mother some of the most important questions. 

At times as parents we need to reveal the truth to the kids, to let the kids deal with the truth. 

Once the kids know the truth. They can be in a position to help, the reality is that if the kids don’t know the truth they can’t help you.

Pearl confessed that if his dad was alive she was not going to talk about this. because the parent took forever to tell them. What was going on about what was bothering them.

His mother had a medical condition called gallstones.

it required a normal treatment. However, HIV made it worse. 

His dad had meningitis. 

However these medical conditions we’re taboo among parents.

Pearl was angry that she only find out about her mother’s and father’s HIV status 8 years after her Mother had passed on.

Before pearl’s mother passed on at the hospital. the nurses were trying to tell Pearl’s grandmother about her HIV status.

Her mother basically died because she was not ready to talk about the secret.

Pearl is adamant that her mother passed away a moment before the nurses told her grandmother.

Pearl strongly believes she passed on because, she did not want the nurses to tell her grandmother the secret that’s how close she guarded the secret.

Pearl is pleading with the parent out there to share their problems with their children.

Pearl had to hear details about her parent’s medical problems from her aunt.

At times he will often give the dad money to ensure that he takes his medication.

When she find out the truth it was too late.

She used to go to the hospital and wash her dad at times.