By Frankline Okutoyi

Beryl Anyango has been a flower girl at many weddings over the past three years. She has earned respect from friends and relatives who are now joining her as flower girls.

Beryl, nine, remembers how she became interested in playing a role in weddings.

Beryl (left) and a friend were flower girls at a wedding recently. Photo: Frankline Okutoyi And Courtesy

"One day, when I was six years old, my mother and I attended a wedding. I enjoyed watching the wedding party walk into the church. I admired the flower girls. I was surprised to see children playing a role in a wedding," she says.

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Beryl asked her mother what job flower girls do at a wedding.

"My mother told me their work was to lead the couple and make weddings colourful. Sometimes they strew flower petals for the bride to walk on," she says.

Beryl got her first chance to be a flower girl soon after that wedding.

She says she was scared at first.

"I was afraid because many people would be watching me. However, through experience and after learning and memorising what I had to do during the ceremony, fear became a thing of the past," Beryl, a Standard Five pupil at Busara Primary School in Nairobi says.

She advises children who want to be flower girls not to be shy.

"It is enjoyable being a flower girl. You get new clothes and shoes for every wedding. It also gives you ideas for your own wedding. When I grow up and get married, I would like flower girls to help make my wedding beautiful," she concludes.