My dear Anwi, I didn't know Saturday was going to be the last time I was going to talk to you. You made me laugh with your usual self!! I can't thank you enough for all the love and support you showed us during my pregnancy and the birth of Cayenne while we were in Ferrara!!! I appreciated and loved you a lot eventhough I might never have told you. Anwi, always ready to go out of her way for others!! Sweet and fun in her own way!!! We will miss you honey. I have asked a lot of questions and prayed to God and I have finally come to understand God knows why. Amica mia, ti prometto di essere sempre vicina alla tua figlia finche' Dio mi permette!!! Un abbraccio fortissimo e ci vedremo quando Dio vuole!! Nkonghonyor A. Jonkam on behalf of Aldrin, Cayenne and Caleb

Life will never stop to show its mystical nature. I can just imagine the immensity of pain and questioning and sorrow that has visited this family. While we dream for a better life, death always tries to creep into our dreams and change them into nightmares. The joys she harbored in her heart of motherhood will now be transformed into a lifetime of joy with the heavenly host. Journey home until we meet you again in heavenly glory.

You look so beautiful and peaceful. Your family loves you but the Lord loves you most. May the compassionate Lord take care of the family member you left behind, especially babe Anwi. Regards, Queen N.

In my mind, this is just a scary dream that would pass when i wake up. I still keep thinking you would call. Rest in Peace sister. Rest in Peace sister. Only the Lord knows why. We thank God for your life. We thank God for baby Anwi. As long as life and memory serves me, you will always live. I love you. Goodbye

I don't now her that long but I see her as a person with full of dreams in life. I met Anwi when she applied to be a caregiver in our office @ Lifematters. I hired her to be part of our caregiving team . I am aware that she goes to School finishing her LPN and she is an expectant mom at the same time. I admire her for during a good job by managing her schedule as a student , wife and a caregiver. I believe that she has good heart , but I wish people with good heart stays longer in this world.

Big sis Anwi on behalf of the SHEY FAMILY in limbe we wish you a safe journey to your resting place. God knows best. your baby will survive because the good Lord will answer our prayers. be blessed.

We will never know why, no matter how many times we ask ....How can anyone make understanding of this kind of news. May God console all u have left behind and especially ur child. Anto

You have done your job and God has rewarded your womanhood. How does one depart from this Life, giving Life! Such Departures hurt. Safe Journey. May God Comfort Us All. Amen

Loss for words my federal quarters Bota neighbour. All i can say is Rest in peace and may the Good Lord comfort your family

Hello my dear sleep tight and goodmorning,You show the whole world that you are a woman.God have a reason dear.l grew up in limbe with your family since l was 5 years old.l know you all by face not by name.l have for sure cross your part dear.Rest in peace sweet girl.

Anwi I didn't know u much, but I am always there when u spoke to ur nephew Tiga. We will miss u. We love u but God loves u best. We know u are in a better place now. Rest in peace dear and may ur family find solace.

I have been thinking with a heavy heart ever since I read an email about ur passing away. I know u not but Anwi RIP. God u are the giver and taker of life, only u know why this happened. Bless every heart that is touched by this story and bring heavenly comfort and healing especially to the hearts of the Fomukongs and Dingas. Thank u God for the gift of baby Anwi and may she also be a source of comfort to the entire family. Please God comfort them in a way no human being can ever understand. RIP Anwi Rest in Perfect Peace.

My dear Anwi, you are gone too soon but i want to believe God knows why this is happening now. I know you are wearing your crown and living with Him in Glory. May you rest in peace bearing in mind that baby Anwi will be in good hands.

Dear Anwi,It is really Shocking and Tragic Dear.We are speechless dont even know what to say.We loved you but God loved you more.Rest In Peace dear.

I never really knew you Anwi, but i have heard a lot about you from your cousin my friend since you passed so suddenly. May your soul rest in perfect peace and your family find solace in the Lord. I'll keep your baby in my prayers...

Anwi, I never got a chance to meet/know you. But your name, Anwi says it all....full of life, caring, smart and a loving child of God. You were and will always remain special to your family and friends. May your legacy carry on through baby Anwi.

Anwi. If one thinks of what could be the state of your father, your husband, your siblings and above all your DAUGHTER from now till whenever, one gets annoyed, frustrated, sad, confused, miserable and lost in understanding. You are extremely too young to be called to the Lord's Kingdom. You do not deserve it. Your husband, your father and your daughter do not deserve this. Only you, can now look after the people you have left behind. I believe you will do that for the love you had for them. You shall remain in our prayers. Rest in peace.

tu sarai sempre nel nostro cuore,con affetto /u will always be in ur hearts,hugs dear..........

Hard to bid you farewell, for it hurts so... O Anwi, may you rest in perfect peace.

still remember how excited i was when you walked into our office and introduced yourself as Anwi Fomukong; knowing it was one of my own and began telling stories of the famous "Federal Quarters" Limbe. And how my colleagues at work marveled when they heard us talking loud in “pidgin English”. It felt like being home again. I knew you in two different capacities- a family friend/neighbor and an employee. Your hard work won the hearts of several of our clients/ customers; and i watched each giant leap you took climbing your ladder of achievements. Everyone in the Lifematters family is still in total shock. I cried so hard when i got the news of your sudden death. Why would God take you about the time to enter the prime of your life? The question is vexing and, from a human perspective, there is no satisfying answer, but if we look at it from God's perspective, perhaps we can find at least some comfort and solace. My heart is heavy and all i see is tears running down my cheek and i can't help stop crying. Adieu Anwi! Adieu!

Anwi, I never dreamt I will be creating a website in memory of you. This has been so hard loading pictures and thinking of you now in the past. There are so many unanswered questions but my faith in God tells me you are dancing with the angels in heaven. We will hold on to Baby Anwi as we continue to remember you. We miss you, we love you.

It is hard to believe that Anwi is gone. We met last time in December 09 in D.C with her other siblings. Each time we met, we used to speak in Italian. May your soul rest in peace!!

Like a candle in the wind ... gone too soon! Dear Anwi, when I saw you just 2 weeks ago, I could not have imagined it was the last time. I remember rubbing your belly at Esong's place, joking and playing as we bid you farewell. I still see you very much alive. Asking me when I was leaving and telling me we will see each other again. Who would have thought it will be the last time I will see you alive. I Thank God for giving me that chance. Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine I will be heading back to Houston for the funeral of my sister just 2 weeks after seeing her very much alive. I still can't imagine you dead. In my head you are still alive ... I don't want to imagine you dead. I thank God that you left us Baby Anwi. Someday we will all meet again but I am glad I had a chance to hug you one last time before you left on this journey you can only take alone. Rest In Peace dear sister.

Smallieeee, don't know what to say......tears streaming down my face again. Thought my well dried up but nooooo. So u really don go you? Did you have to wear the crown this soon??? My heart bleeds b/c I haven't talked to you recently and keep saying _i'll call when you give birth!! Call I did but you were not there. God knows best and go spread your smile and radiance in heaven sis.

Marja Motanga

14 years ago

God's wisdom indeed surpasses human understanding. I have cried and cried at the cruel hand fate has dealt us all. I can only imagine how you all feel Mah. Though i didn't know Anwi, she was my sister through you and i feel the hurt the same way. May she rest in perfect peace.

I am angry, realy angry and I want to a write a poem in anger But I am no poet, just a woman with a womb... A womb violated Blood stains paved my way My womb ran on legs of faith And belief in faraway gods Hot tears hounded me Every part of me scattered around And death gathered them all in its hands ... Anwi I don't know whether I ever met you physically but I know most of your siblings. Chances are I must have run into you in Bamenda as a friend to my younger sister Ayuk ashuntantang or in Limbe where we were neighbors. Honestly, I am angry at the way death snatched you. At childbirth??? As a woman I am doubly angry, really angry and my christian upbringing is a poor consolation for the grief I feel. Rest in peace my sister-friend. May God grant life to your baby and comfort to members of your family. If I am feeling this angry and sad, I can only imagine their grief!!!!! Lord, my womanhood cries out in anguish!!!! It pains me somewhere so deep....Ah!

I cannot imagine a young lady passing on during child birth here in the US of all places...but what can we say? God knows better...He is the giver of life so He takes it when He thinks it is time...we cannot runaway when He opens His arms...May your gentle soul rest in perfect peace with the Lord...Amen!!!

Fly away my dear, turbulence free at last!. I know you had a ball thoughout the journey.

bianca fomukong

14 years ago

Amen brother

Anwi may your soul rest in perfect peace.God alone knows why he decided to take you at the time when your family and baby need you most.Am certain that you are resting at His bossom right now.You family will miss you dearly.I remember the fisrt time i met you was in the market in new town where i was introduced to you...........since then i heard nothing from you until your sudden death.R.I.P and be rest assured we will all meet someday.

Geese gone for real? Difficult to imagine someone full of life, and all these images of life represent someone who has gone too soon. How could this happen? Sometimes I wonder if the Almighty God we pray to lets these things happen. its very sad and its hard for me to just believe its over.

Anwi each time i enter your room, i expect to hear you say Ngwe....... I still remember talking to you in the delivery room as i was driving from San Antonio to Houston after school with Simon and you said u will have the baby before we arrived. When i walked into the delivery room, u said we made it. I did not know it will be the last time for me to touch, hold and encourage u. I know we all love you that is why u had all your family in the room with you during the birth of baby Anwi Nangoh. U will always be loved and remembered. We are missing you so dearly, your room is still intact with the baby's stuff waiting for you to came home.

Nancy Tayuka

14 years ago

Oh how it brings tears to my eyes. Anwi I never got the opprotunity to meet you but from the great sibling of yours, I know you were an angel. You are in a place that knows no sorrow or pain. You loved your family so much that you left them with a great gift- baby Anwi. May your soul rest in perfect peace. Bianca dear, may God comfort you and the family. Will see you soon. Stay strong as always.

Dear Sister why? Why leave us so soon? Just a few months ago, when we all camped out at the Hay Adams hotel in DC and enjoyed lots of love and laughter with the rest of the family.....who would have thought it would be the last time we would be seeing each other? You never mentioned you would leave so soon during all the phone calls that followed.....ahhhh.....our hearts break. The tears won't stop. You have left us stunned, shocked, empty....there are no words.....you just left....like a candle in a wind. There are no words.... We will forever miss you but rest assured that we will take care of baby Anwi until we meet again to part no more. Your laughter, your smile.....your voice as you went on in Italian....Anwi...Anwi....where are you?..May God open the gates of heaven for you. RIP dear sister.

We always laughed together,always cracked jokes. We miss you so much already and it was such a joy knowing you. Your voice, your smile, your presence was always memorable. There was always something about you that brought a smile to people's faces. I really regret not spending more time with you outside of school but we shall meet again someday in heaven. ...R.I.P my dear(love you always)

If we knew that you will leave us just like that, we would have plan to spend more time with you while you are alive. You are just like a blood sister to us, if i knew it will be so soon i would have save all your voiced messages on my phone but unfortunately no one knows how soon your death will be. I remember a week before you die, you told me that you will deliver your baby the following week and i told you not to stay long before you write your Board Exam but i know God knows best. FOMUKONG as i always call you in class we all love you but God loves you more continue to rest in the hand of the Lord.ANWI till we meet in Paradise GOOD NIGHT