About Tsholofelo Mooketsi
Tsholofelo Mooketsi is a writer and a businesswoman from South Africa. She describes herself as a passionate person who loves life. This book is her poetic expression of her journey towards healing her unresolved grief.
Tsholofelo has always had love and passion for writing. She embarked on a writing journey alongside her career in information and communications technologies (ICTs), where she is a professional and an entrepreneur in the field. She mostly writes part-time.
Her hobbies and interests include reading, writing, travelling, hiking and spending time with loved ones. Tsholofelo Mooketsi is a businesswoman and an author. Grief: In a String of Words is her first published book.
My Story
I wrote this book when I was grieving the loss of my grandmother. I'm still healing even today as grief is not an event but a process. I lost my grandmother to a sudden tragic car accident. She was travelling with family. The driver lost control, and the car overturned. She was the only one who died in that accident.
I was deeply saddened to hear of her passing. A part of me instantly died with her. I was in disbelief, stunned into silence and devastated. Shock and denial engulfed me. I became emotionally numb; I was like a zombie. My internal world was utterly transformed into a state of gloom, and I wasn't even aware of it.
My grandmother raised me up in the early years of my upbringing. My parents gave birth to me when they were very young so they couldn't raise me up until later years. My grandmother then, in many ways, became a mother to me.
In my grief journey, I experienced an incomprehensible emotional pain for years. I lost myself in this pain. I also lost interest in many things. I fought hard to stay afloat, but this pain consumed me. I felt empty, confused and depressed. I was deeply unhappy with my life. I then embarked on a journey of self-discovery to seek clarity and purpose. This is when I discovered that I lost part of myself in unresolved grief. I reclaimed myself and started healing in this journey. This book describes the A-to-Z phases of my emotional journey in navigating unresolved grief. I have healed ☺.
My Writing Philosophy
Authenticity
I believe that the most powerful writing comes from a place of truth and vulnerability. In my work, I strive to capture authentic emotions and experiences, even when they're difficult to face.
Expression
Poetry gives expression to the emotions that are often hard to describe. When words fail, poetry speaks, allowing us to articulate our deepest feelings.
Healing
I believe in the healing power of words. Writing can be a therapeutic practice, not just for the writer but for the reader as well. My hope is that my poetry offers both solace and possibility.
Connection
Poetry, at its core, is about human connection. My goal is to create work that resonates with readers, helping them feel seen and understood in their own experiences of grief and healing.