Journey

Born in 1951 in Cape Coast, Ghana, Faustina Cora Toe-di Lawson’s life is a powerful testimony of resilience, motherhood, and unwavering faith. From farming life and interrupted education to marriage, widowhood, civil war survival, and raising a large family through unimaginable hardship, she never surrendered to fear.

Her strength was built in adversity. Her foundation was faith. Her legacy is her children.

At 75, she stands as a matriarch, grandmother, great grandmother, and spiritual pillar whose life reflects divine grace in motion.

Roots of Resilience

As a young girl, she loved school and dreamed of becoming an investigator in law enforcement, inspired by her aunt Comfort Teah Moore. Though early marriage interrupted her education, she carried no bitterness. Instead, she turned her deferred dreams into prayers for her daughters and granddaughters to pursue theirs fully.

Dreams Deferred, Faith Preserved

Faustina Cora Toe-di Lawson was born on April 7, 1951 in Cape Coast, Ghana, then known as the Gold Coast. Raised in Sekondi Takoradi by her beloved grandparents, she learned discipline, sacrifice, and responsibility early. When her grandfather became incapacitated, she left school to help support her family.

Quiet and shy as a child, life transformed her into a woman of strength. Hardship became her teacher. Responsibility became her training ground. Her grandmother remained her Shepherd, shaping her faith and identity.

Love, Marriage, and Family

During Liberia’s civil conflict, she endured displacement, hunger, capture, and separation from her family. She slept under open skies. She hid in bushes. She survived imprisonment. She returned to her children.

Through it all, her faith did not break.

A Mother’s Deepest Loss

She later experienced the painful loss of her son, Benjamin “Daddy’s Boy” Lawson. His memory lives on through his child and through the values he carried. Loss strengthened her belief that family must remain close.

War and Survival

Faith as Her Walking Stick

Psalm 23 has been her guiding scripture. She calls it her walking stick. Through grief, war, widowhood, and motherhood, faith has been her anchor.

Without God, she believes, her life would have been impossible.

75 Years of Grace

Today, she stands as a mother, grandmother, great grandmother, mentor, and spiritual pillar. She tells young people not to waste their youth. She reminds women that failure is not the end. She believes that No simply means next opportunity.

At 75, her life is not simply about survival.

It is about purpose.

It is about legacy.

It is about divine grace.

Early in her life as a young adult, Mother Faustina found love with Mr. Patrick Fornati Wisseh. Their union was blessed with three beautiful children. During this chapter of her life, she built strong family bonds and laid the foundation of love, care, and responsibility for her growing family.

Later in life, through family visitation in Logan Town, she met Mr. James Nyanti Lawson. What began as a warm friendship gradually grew into a deep and meaningful partnership. In 1974 they were united in marriage.

Together they built a home filled with love, strength, and commitment. Their marriage endured until his passing on June 14, 1994. Their union was blessed with seven biological children and several foster children whose lives were touched by their generosity, compassion, and guidance.

Loss, Widowhood, and Survival

The passing of her husband in 1994 marked one of the most difficult chapters of her life. Surrounded by family and community support, she found strength through faith and perseverance.