How one mother is keeping her daughter’s memory alive
IT was in the interest of keeping her late daughter’s love of assorted desk-sized buddy pots and plants alive that Gloria Jaimotie established a small business ‘Pretty Plants and Thingz’ from her home and that of her daughter, Anita Narine, who was killed in a road accident last December.
Jaimotie told the Pepperpot Magazine that her eldest daughter, Anita Narine, was employed by Cameron and Shepherd law firm as the Secretary, and, on that day of the accident, she was crossing the road to take some plants to a friend.

She was struck down and killed in front of her two children and her mother at Le Destin, East Bank Essequibo, on December 19, 2023. A police report said it happened at about 19:45hrs while Narine who was attempting to cross the road, was struck down by a speeding bus bearing number plate BAD 6362. She was picked up and taken to the Sheriff Hospital at Leonora, West Bank Demerara, but succumbed to her injuries.
According to Jaimotie, her late daughter, Anita, loved plants and she nurtured and prepared desktop-sized plants by the dozens to sell as her side hustle and would drop off plants to customers, friends and others in her spare time.

“My daughter loved that kind of plant, the little ones for your desks. She invested a lot of time, caring and nurturing them and would buy a new one every now and again and had them by the dozens. She has a lot of these plants,” she said.
So, when she died tragically, they had to do something with the plants to keep her memory alive and they believe she would have wanted that too.
Jaimotie and her other daughter would take turns caring for the plants, and they have some of the plants at her home in Grove, East Bank Demerara, and some at Narine’s home in Providence, as well as on the East Bank Demerara.

The elderly woman related that she is still in a deep state of grief following the loss of her eldest daughter but she has to garner strength to take care of her grandchildren. Narine left two children, ages 25 and 19. The boy is pursuing studies at the University of Guyana (UG). Jaimotie took care of them from babies.
Jaimotie reported that they did not want the plants to go to waste and decided to start a small business in Narine’s honour to sell plants after coming up with a name.
She added that they are currently preparing a Mother’s Day promotion on the sale of plants and she will continue to keep the small business at home.
Jaimotie told the Pepperpot Magazine that these last years have been especially difficult for her after she lost her husband to a heart attack, her only son and a grandson to poison. Both her son and grandson committed suicide.

Then, after losing her eldest daughter, she thought she was going to lose her mind since the road accident happened right before her eyes.
Jaimotie related that she is holding on and is looking forward to attaining the age of 65 years old on April 14. Her daughter had promised to have a big celebration for her as a pensioner, but they will forego all such celebrations given the circumstances.
“I made a shed for Anita, more so for her plants in my yard, a place to store all the plants, she has a lot of these plants, and she loved them, so I will keep her alive in these plants,” she said.
Jaimotie added that she will be making a signage in honour of her late daughter that will be affixed to the plant shed in her yard.
“I will do it, but I have to find the strength yet to go about it, but I will do it soon; I must,” she explained.