Gospel songstress Celestine Donkor, in the ‘Grass to Grace’ edition of Just Being Us, shares the challenges she encountered growing up in a compound house with 11 other neighbors, where her parents raised 15 of them in a hall and chamber.

Eulogizing her mom and the efforts she made to ensure she and her siblings were well-fed, the ‘Agbebolo’ hitmaker disclosed that she and her siblings could not fathom how a particular pot their mother cooked in could satisfy all of them, so she and her siblings named it “a miracle pot.”

“It was not easy for parents like mine to take care of 15 siblings. I remember how we all had to eat from one pot. There is a particular pot my mom cooked in. At a point, we all agreed it was a miracle pot because when she had 7 kids, the pot was full and enough for everyone. We were 15, and the same pot was full and was enough for everyone, so we called it a miracle pot.”

Celestine also revealed to MzGee that her family was financially constrained, hence her mother engaged in petty trading to keep the home running.

“My mom did everything to make sure we were fed, like selling everything. I do not know what my mom hasn’t sold in this life.”

Describing the memories she holds of her younger years, she said sleeping on the couch was the order of the day.

“I grew up in a compound house. It was like 12 different families in one compound at Flat Top, Abeka. I remember very well, it was a chamber and hall, so I grew up sleeping on a couch. I thought the couch was actually the bed. It was strange for me, later in life, to have my own bed.”