In what they have called an “incredible feeling,” a mother and daughter launched a book and graduated from college together on the same day.
Olivia Omega and Malia Logan shared a special moment as mother and daughter when Omega obtained her degree from Belhaven University only moments after daughter Logan received her diploma.
Omega, however, told Fox 40 News that the occasion was “nothing that we planned.”
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She continued, “Initially, there was an opportunity for me to go back to school and get my MBA, and then trying to decide where that should be. And in my searches found that Belhaven had a really great MBA in Entrepreneurship Program, which is exactly what I was looking for. So, it was sort of a coincidence that, one, we were able to attend the same institution, but that our graduations would actually land at the same time. So, really great surprise.”
The mother-daughter team is taking on the world together while also inspiring others. They both worked hard to earn their degrees, juggling other hobbies with the numerous assignments for school they were required to do.
Logan said, “It was purely just excitement and joy to get to experience doing homework at the same time, which I never thought we would both be in the room, both doing homework. But yeah, it’s just been a joy ride, and just I think it shows our relationship so well to be able to walk the stage at the same time, and we’re already so close, and now we get to share this moment together.”
Beyond their academic accomplishments, the two wrote a memoir titled Through Her Eyes: Mother and Daughter Parallel Perspectives on Love, Loss, Blackness, Purpose, and Faith, which was released on the same day they graduated. The book tells the story of their mother-daughter relationship and adventures.
Logan explained, “Knowing that there [are] so many types of mother-daughter relationships out there is… We really just wanted to explore different topics, different emotions, different things that connect a mom and a daughter. So, our chapters are different topics, like we we’re both super strong in our faith, love, loss, both of us being Black women.”
She added, “We take all these topics and we each share our experiences through those different topics and how we’ve helped each other and learn from each other.”
