My name is Hilda Ocan. I am a daughter, sister, wife and mother. A trained nutritionist, and a Christian who loves Jesus Christ. I am Tanzanian by birth and Ugandan by marriage. We are blessed with children girls and boys. I live in Kampala Uganda. I love to support women of all ages from all walks of life to become all that God desires them to be for His glory . I serve with Equipping Women International Christian NGO as its team leader and also serve in the women’s ministry in my local church i.e Gaba community church.
My writing journey started when i received a prophetic word around 2018 that I will write a book. It was a strange word to me at the time but I embraced it and kept it in my heart.
During COVID in 2020 the word came back. A friend asked me, ‘Hilda if you had a year to live what advice, words of wisdom would you want to leave with your daughters?’ . Given the pandemic, death was a scary reality all around. Many of our loved ones kept dying.
My friend kept saying that i needed to write a book; This felt strange ,God was revisiting His word, and this is how The book “Letter to My Daughter” was born. I felt a need to write expressive letters to my daughter, letters that offer wisdom and practical guidance about issues of life. Though written to Abby I hoped they would be personalized by every reader in future, every daughter and every mother who would read them.
I was motivated by my life’s journey, I missed my mum’s guidance because I came from a broken family. So I stumbled on many things, made, made mistakes, learnt stuff the hard way. I took paths and made decisions that I may not have done; if only i had been guided, or had a mentor/ mature Christian woman who spoke in my life.
I could see this trend repeating itself with my daughter. I was also parenting based on how I was parented. I needed to change the narrative. I needed to build a closer relationship with my daughters. And so i wrote letters sharing my heart, opening and speaking to her in a personal way. I wanted to share instructions I had learnt from Lord ,what I had kept in my heart, practices and nuggets I knew would help and guide her in the future, in her walk when she needed to make key decisions in her life.
My writing journey was made easy by key people God brought my way to guide me. Lena of Leap publishers is an amazing designer who designed the book cover and layout. She also helped me locate Honey badger Ltd, who helped me self publish this book to the glory of God.
My book can be purchased from the following platforms;
https://www.africanbooks.com/bookinfo?id=19?Letters%20To%20My%20Daughter?Hilda%20Ocan
Gaba community church
Mahiri books.com
Whatsapp 0772411856
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