Daddy,we remember you today, as we always do, 10th December, 2023, your 95th posthumous birthday.
God grant your soul a peaceful rest in the bosom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Dear Daddy,
Today would have been your 95th year on earth. I still remember each birthday after you finally knew your date of birth and the very last with so much joy. You loved birthdays. We will always remember the day God allowed you to be born.
Happy 95th post-humous birthday daddy.
Continue to enjoy your rest

Daddy, it is not easy to be a father o!
All is well in Jesus name.
Continue to rest peacefully in the Lord.

AS I LOOK BACK

As I look back over nine years ago
I find myself wondering …..

Did I remember to thank you enough for all you have done for me?

For all the times you were by my side
To help, support and give a strong shoulder to lean on…..

To celebrate my successes
To understand my problems and accept my defeats?

Or for teaching me by your example, the value of hard work, good judgment, courage, integrity and the fear of God?

I wonder if I ever thanked you enough for the sacrifices you made, too numerous to mention just to let me have the very best?

And for the simple things like laughter, smiles, the morning and night devotions (with the ringing of the tiny handbell preceeding always) the times we shared, the deep discussions especially about your childhood experiences. Your words were the best advice

You sacrifice it all, always living for us, providing, protecting, always available...such is the beautiful life you gave me and a more beautiful legacy of LOVE

If I have failed to show my gratitude enough for all the cares, gifts, prioritising me, singing with me, (the hymns, the psalms, the prayers, newly formed songs for morning and night) weeping with me, identifying with my moods and pains, encouraging me, loving me ...

My Daddy, my guardian, my hero, my mentor, my coach, I am thanking you now again and again.

And I hope you knew all along, how much you meant to me. LOVE TRIUMPH OVER DEATH.
LOVE LIVES ON and

I LOVE YOU ETERNALLY

EIGHT (8) GOOD YEARS OF BLISSFUL REST IN THE LORD JESUS! JACOB TAIWO ISRAEL BABATOLA. REST PEACEFULLY ON

JUST ONE DAY, THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND FROM ABOVE AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST.....SHALL ALL BE RAISED, THOSE WHO HAVE DIED MANY MANY YEARS AGO, SHALL BE RAISED BACK INTO THIS WORLD!

AND THERE WILL BE NO CORRUPTION ANYMORE, THERE WILL BE NO TEARS NO SORROW....THERE WILL BE JOY AND JOY AND JOY FOREVER, WHEN WE MEET.... TO DEPART NO MORE!!!

ON THAT DAY EVERYONE OF US SHALL BE CHANGED FROM MORTAL TO IMMORTAL LIFE, AND THE DEVIL AND ALL THOSE THAT FOLLOW HIM SHALL BE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE....

THERE WILL BE NO CORRUPTION ANYMORE....


O WU NI KA JERAN PE LENU TITI, ONFA ONA OFUN NI KO JE, ILE AYE, AJO MA NI, BO PE TITI, KO DA BOYA, GBOGBO WA MI RELE........

BABA SEGUN, JACO, BEKE BEKE IKUN, KOSORO, JT, OKUNRIN, TAIWO, JACOBU,OMO MEJI, CHIEF.... THOSE ARE FEW OF THE NAMES IDENTIFIED WITH YOU. YOU WERE INDEED TAKEN SO YOU WILL NOT SEE CORRUPTION.

OPE NI F'OLORUN.

REST ON PEACEFULLY DADDY. I MISS YOU EVERYDAY. SO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES THAT KEEP ME LONGING TO SEE YOU ...

IT IS WELL SIR.
WE SHALL YET MEET TO PART NO MORE. SUN N RE O BABA OLUFUNMILAYO
BABA OLUREMI

Our dear dad, Jacob Israel Taiwo Babatola passed on to glory on 13th October, 2013 and was laid to rest on 29th November, 2013. May his gentle soul continue to rest in peace. Amen.
Dear daddy, exactly 8 years today, you left this sinful world to rest in the bosom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The 8 years rolled away so fast that they look just like yesterday to us.
Daddy, be assured that we did not and we will not depart from the Godly way that you laid ahead of us. All of us, Bosę, Tosin, Funmi, Kemi, Foluso and I together with our lovely spouses are very proud to be your children and to bear the names by which you christened us.
Our mother, your dear wife, is doing well and enjoying good health considering her age. On a light note, she has surpassed your age. She was 87 years old on 11/9/2021. So, she's now your senior! Lol. That's what you always prayed for anyway; for her to outlive you & to live very long in good health.
Please pray for us so that the love that binds us your children together will not fade away. I feel very sad because of the obvious gaps that have been widening amongst us. I feel that I am failing in my ability to bring my siblings under one banner of love. I love them very dearly but maybe I don't know how to show my love to them effectively. Please help me daddy. I am not getting any younger. Time is moving fast!
Rest on, daddy, till we meet to part no more.

*JACOB ISRAEL TAIWO BABATOLA- 7TH YEAR IN HEAVEN*

I REMEMBER YOU TODAY DADDY WITH LOTS OF WONDERFUL EMOTIONS AND SPECIAL LOVE. PHYSICALLY, THE TEARS NO LONGER FLOW, BUT WITHIN , YOU KNOW YOU OCCUPY A UNIQUE PLACE IN MY HEART, WHERE THE TEARS CAN NEVER DRY UP.

MY HEART ACHE FOR THE HOLLOW YOUR DEMISE TYPIFIED. YOU ALONE TOOK ON THE PERSONALITY OF LOVE, RESPECT, CARE, SHELTER, SUPPORT, SACRIFICES, STRENGTH, INSPIRATION, WISDOM, AND GUIDANCE. A WHOLE LOT REMINDS ME OF YOU ALL THE TIME. YOU MADE EACH ONE OF US FEEL LIKE YOUR FAVOURITE CHILD!

YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THE BEST GIFT BEFORE LEAVING THIS WORLD. YOU GAVE ME CHRIST JESUS. YOU GAVE ME LOVE. YOU GAVE ME UNDYING LEGACIES. WE ARE ALL WORKING HARD TO MAKE YOU PROUD STILL, INCLUDING MOM!!!

ON YOUR 7TH ANNIVERSARY, WE CELEBRATE THE TRIUMPH OVER THE PAINS OF YOUR DEPARTURE. WE ARE REST ASSURED YOU ARE IN HEAVEN, WORSHIPPING THE LOVING GOD IN SPECIAL ROBES, BETTER THAN THE LAYREADER'S ROBE

YOUR WORDS OF WISDOM, ENCOURAGEMENT, HUMOUR, SONGS WILL STAY WITH ME FOREVER.

DI JESU MU
E FI S'ORE O
DI II MU O
E FI S'ORE O
S'OUN NIKAN L'ABANI DAROO
JESU U KI I DOJUTINI

*ALWAYS IN MY MEMORY....*

Dear daddy, exactly 7 years ago, you left this sinful world to rest in bosom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The 7 years is just like yesterday to us.
Daddy, be assured that we did not and we will not depart from the Godly way that you laid ahead of us. All of us, Bosę, Tosin, Funmi, Kemi, Foluso and I together with our lovely spouses are very proud to be your children and to bear the names that you christened us.
Our mother, your dear wife, is doing well and enjoying reasonably good health considering her age. On a light note, she has surpassed your age. So, she's now your senior! Lol. That's what you always prayed for anyway; for her to outlive you and to live very long in good health. Glory to God Almighty for answered prayers.
Your grandchildren too are doing well and enjoying the grace of God. Your eldest grandchild, Desayo, celebrated her birthday only a few days ago. We thank God.
Your great grandchildren are growing and developing with favour in the presence of God. Praise the Lord!
Continue to rest in peace, dear daddy, till we all meet to part no more.
We love you.
Segun.

Daddy, you know, every year since you departed, I weep when it is your birthday. Yesterday, I knew I must no longer weep. You had a full rich 84 years. You lost your healthy twin, yet you lived. You prayed and received answer that your beloved wife would outlive you.
So why should I weep rather than celebrate?
I celebrate you my lovely daddy.

Yesterday, you know, i got to work to be told that my precious sister and younger friend could not make it to her PhD graduation. She had battled with cancer for years, she survived because they said they got it early, she was lucky. But last year it came back. More aggresive this time. Despite extreme tiredness, exhaustion, drug resistance, severe side effects, she ploughed on. She wrote up her dissertation. She was one of the very few lucky ones, she only had minor corrections, so she could still graduate this year, and three weeks ago, she sent me the good news, she was graduatiing in December 2019. I sent her scriptures and prayed for divine strength for the day. She sent flowers in acnowledgment. Two weks ago, she sent an invitation to come and celebrate her graduation at her home. It was fixed for the same day as the celebration, 9th December 2019. They invited her father and father in law over, they finally received their visa and arrived. Only for me to receive a cancellation; somehow, deep within me, i knew she hadn't sent this one. I sent a reply, it was not delivered. I heard at work, when she was to have been at her graduation ceremony that the doctors were meanwhile stopping all her medications, the drugs were no longer working they said, by the next day, she was unconscious. She passed on this morning. She is Dr Kafayat Oborien from Kogi State. As I always say, one of the very very few muslims, close to my heart. Kafayat, you fought very bravely and conscientiously. I saw your tenacity, your aspirations, your dreams, you had hopes too. You wanted to attend your own graduation, you said you wanted to visit me and my family in December ending. You left, with a great farewell. Thank you for sharing yourself despite the extreme pain and tiredness. Goodbye.

Dear father,
It was a joyous though tearful celebration when last we visited where your remains were laid.

Being a doctor, i know that the face we knew and had come to know is by now decayed, yet encased forever in our hearts is an eternal freshness of your perpetual presence with the Lord.

An awareness of the word that reminds us of the 'faithful witnesses' tells us, you remain aware...

That, is such comfort. "To be absent in the body is to be present with the Lord."

So, we remain comforted. We will continue to cry, that is inevitable, but we remain consoled and comforted that in your rest, you remain aware......


Rest on .....

Rest on....

Rest on....

You deserve that.

Posted by OLUFUNMILAYO AFE on October 13, 2019

I appreciate the comfort, grace and the presence of God that made a whole lot of difference on your 6th anniversary Daddy.

It is not as if we missed or loved you less, the vacuum is bottomless, your towering engine, though encased in a light frame cannot be toyed with anywhere!

Your sudden departure remains painful. We however know for sure that YOU KEPT WATCH OVER THE FAMILY STILL! We see you so clearly in our current DADDY. You speak often through him.

Rest on peacefully in the Lord you loved so well. Amen

You're always fresh in our hearts and lives daddy. Rest well in the bosom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ till we meet to part no more.
We love you.

Dear daddy, happy birthday with you in glory. I salute a man of worth, honor, courage, compassion, passion, and love.
I continue to be grateful and sad all at the same time for each memory. Grateful, because God gave a great life to live and you lived it. Sad because I had hoped we would have had you for longer.
Regardless of whether you are here or up above in glory, the grace of your faith, prayers, training, and rearing lingers on. Not just with us your children but our own children as well. Rest, my precious father. One day, and it will be a day of rejoicing, when we shall meet to depart no more, at the feet of Him whom you served and honored. He knew you and loved you to say come home the beloved of the Lord. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. Your legacy lives on.

TRIBUTES TO A CARING DADDY
MY CARING AND LOVING DADDY!!!
Daddy loved and was extremely proud of his wife, children and family . He was always the glow in our family . His demise was really sudden and painful , but in all things , we give thanks to God . And so , I am grateful that i came to this world through you Sir!.
I am extremely proud and arrogant that you were my father.
This memorial tribute was put down to express my love and loss of a dear father, CHIEF JACOB TAIWO ISRAEL BABATOLA (JP) 84 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS AT THE POINT OF DEPARTURE TO GLORY ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2013!
I will remember you forever.
Daddy was born at Abeokuta, Ogun State, on October 10th, 1928 to Daniel Akanbi and Solabomi Alice Babatola.
Daddy had a big heart, he lived for his family. He loved and cherished them and strove to provide the best for them. He treasured FORMAL EDUCATION to a fault, perhaps because, he was denied having this fulfilment as a result of the early demise of his parents, before he clocked Ten years!
He was the best dad, confidant and mentor to my Brothers Olusegun and Olutosin and our late brother Mr Folorunso Babatola (RIP), my Sisters Olubunmi, His Mom/Daughter, Olukemi, Mofoluwaso and my humble self, Oluwafunmilayo.
He was our Mother's strength and devoted partner.
For Mom, the pain of your departure is infinite!!!
Daddy was extremely industrious. He was constantly reinventing his businesses and deploying totality of his energy (physical and cerebral) to adapt to the changing times.
He constantly sorted out new opportunities and was always willing to take on new risks and challenges in business.
Daddy loved God and took delight in evangelism, especially to remote villages!!!
He also loved to take up for free, opportunities relating to construction management for the church, family and acquintances.
He could not tolerate idleness and laziness. Always doing something productive in creative ways, using extreme scarce resources to bring about the best of results!!!.
Daddy surprisingly was an excellent home maker, great with instilling/impacting the right virtues on children/youth, to the point of becoming a reference for re-modelling difficult and wayward children within the community.
He was however intolerant of fools, lazy, dishonest, immoral and ungodly people!
Above all, Daddy loved his family. He wanted to spend every waking second with them. Always a delight to hear his bosterous voice on the phone, his counsel and seeing him express uneding gratitude even for little favours. He loved to travel and he loved to be productively engaged all the time.
Daddy was a very loving, attentive, involved and present husband and father.
I am eternally grateful for all the time we spent together.
He was a good friend to the friends and church associates that he had. He had penchant to keep friends for long periods. He was revered by friends and foes alike. As he was always forthright and bold with the truth and right counsel!
Daddy loved God and had given his life to Christ. He was a founding member (and the last to depart) of All Saints' Church (Anglican Communion), Ilaro, Ogun State.
Daddy will forever be remembered with great fondness and love by his wife, children and family.
He will be missed by the several god-children he raised and trained. His old friends/trainees such as Baba Sikira, Brother Moses, Olorunlogbon, his in-law, the Akinosis and many many friends and extended family.
Daddy was sadly preceded in death by his close younger brother Mr Timothy Babatola. It is noteworthy to mention that all the departed family members of Daddy, left on a Sunday! The father, mother, sister, brother and nephew!!!
For the records, His favourite hymn was: "Igbagbo mi duro lori, eje at'ododo Jesu..."
Favourite chorus was "Kosoro, rara kosoro..."
Favourite prayer was "Olorun irawo owuro mi, mo juba re lojo oni..."
Favourite psalm was "psalm 27" Oluwa ni imole mi ati igbala mi..."
HIS CATCHY PHRASES WERE :
Bekebeeke ikun
Konko konko atari
A baya re
Okunri
ALL GLORY TO GOD!

The memory of grandpa is forever fresh with us. Selfless, devoted and inspiring even when the ships were down. You showed us how to turn to God when it appeared impossible to move on. You thought us to love, hope and never give up. You thought us to defy the odds believing in God. That in a way summarised your life to us. We missed you a lot. We continually remember our time with you. You are truly one of a kind leaving us a legacy we are proud to follow. Rest in the Lord, JT. Surely, sweet is the memory of the righteous.

Dear Grandpa
Today makes it 5years since you left for a better place. I miss you so much and I'm grateful for all the times we spent together. As we reminisce you today, I remember your hearty laughs,your stern instructions, also your shouts whenever we played the piano......lol.
I am grateful I am in the Babatola lineage. Till we meet again, much love - Ololade

Dear dad (JACOB ISRAEL TAIWO BABATOLA).
It's exactly 5 years today since you left us to be with the Lord. There was no day that we didn't remember you and miss you. Our mother, your dear wife, in particular misses you so much. We are not sad though because we have full confidence that you are with Jesus.
We are going to have a special Holy Communion remembrance service at the All Saints (Anglican) Church in your honour tomorrow. We will also celebrate the family harvest (IKORE AGBO'LE). We are confident that the Holy Spirit will be there with us just as He has always been with us as the comforter sent to us by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
We miss you.
We love you.
Continue to rest in perfect peace.
Eventually, we shall all meet to part no more.

Dear dad, like yesterday, you left. It has been 4 years, but it is odd, I am still not familiar with death that much. I still think of discussing this and that...

I no longer mind, I just miss you. To die and go home is not so bad. Just tough that's all. We continue to cherish your great memories. We enjoy the joy of the legacy for which we feel proud to continue to be benefitting. All this goodwill that we enjoy seems tied to your great and exemplary life. We thank the Awesome God who gave you to humanity and in your own way, you used it all, the giftings, the love and care, you bestowed it on many and left behind blessings that we also hope to leave for generations unborn. Daddy, your legacy lives on and on and on and on and on...........REST BELOVED REST TAIWO.

Dear daddy,
I am sure that you know that you did not die.
You are only resting.
The good works that you did, the God-fearing children that you trained, your service to God and humanity, your ebullient and jovial personality that always filled the room where ever you went, your industry and great achievements for which the good Lord granted you the good health and strength to acquire, your loving and lovable wife, our dear mother, that God chose for you, etc., are testament to your continued presence amongst us.
We love you.
Your family are still and will forever remain one indivisible unit.
We praise the Living God for the life that you lived.
See you on the day of resurrection and rapture in Jesus name.

Dear daddy, it has somehow become easier to think of you more in the home in heaven than not having you here. Somehow, it is better viewing you at home resting than demanding your continual stay despite the pain of this world. Regardless of how best we know to take it, the pain is there nonetheless. Time cannot remove it. Yet, I am glad that you gave me the so many years I had with you as a daughter. Once again, I look at your pictures and marvel that you really did leave. Lord Jesus, I thank you for giving us the word to know that the grave has indeed lost its sting and the place of the dead has lost its victory. Daddy, you will always be in my heart!. I love you.

Daddy, today marks the third anniversary of your departure from this world as we know it, to a better and more glorious abode in heaven. Resting lovingly in the bossom of our Lord Jesus Christ.

3 YEARS!!!. I KNOW THAT THOSE WE HOLD SO DEAR, NEVER LEAVE US, you live on in the wisdom, kindness, generosity, care and the love you shared and brought into our lives!

Though it's been 3 years already since you departed to be with the Lord, your sweet memory will continue to be fresh and your footprints will remain ever indelible in our hearts as your life was full of LOVING DEEDS WHOLESOMELY SPICED WITH WISDOM & OF COURSE, DISCIPLINE / DISCRETION!

Baba Segun:;
YOUR LIFE WAS A BLESSING
YOUR MEMORY A TREASURE
YOU ARE LOVED BEYOND WORDS
AND MISSED BEYOND MEASURE!!!

Daddy, do not be surprised to find me visiting your memorial site today, what's the occasion? YOUR MEMORY!!! I often reminisce about your towering personality (which is actually humorous, considering your frame!) Daddy, I remember you again today and keep thinking I didn't do enough to keep you with me still. Thank God for Daddy 2, but nobody can take your place, You were specially blessed with wisdom and I'm yet to find another being to surpass you! You were reliable, dependable, industrious, courageous, fun to hang around, a disciplinarian, deep lover of Jesus, helper, wise and caring.......it is endless really. I still remember to date that long-sleeve silvery blouse you once bought for me- ready-made, I posed with it in a beautiful picture, the endless trips to see me at University of Ilorin, the adequate, more than adequate actually, pocket money all through my days at Government College, Ikorodu, the slap you gave me when I reported myself to you about going to a night club in Lagos (the first and last visit to a night club), your eagerness to embrace all family members, nuclear, extended and even those not related to us!!!, everyone is family! You carried the BABATOLA family name like an egg, drumming it into our ears that the name must remain honourable. Thank God, it still is!!! And the church! Oh my!!! The sacrifice, commitment, love of God, resourcefulness, sowing physically, spiritually, financially, materially... I vividly recalled how you literally broke down in tears upon heating about the demise of the first IYA IJO..... Most importantly sir I still miss your counsel and physical/spiritual support in the war, yes war being waged by evil people masquerading as family! You told ne to totally leave ALL in God's capable hands. You assured me that God who made eyes and ears can see and hear very well everything done secretly, I'm holding on to your counsel and I promise not to let you down sir. I LOVE YOU, AND MOM STILL CAN'T GET OVER YOUR DEMISE. SUN RE O BABA MI. WE SHALL DEFINITELY SEE ONE DAY IN HEAVEN LIVING ETERNALLY IN PEACE WHERE EVIL CANNOT BE FOUND!❤

Daddy Daddy! Not once did I forget about how old you'll have been once your birthday rolls in. With fondness unspeakable, love unparallel and always with one huge lump in my throat trying to supress my loss, I wish you a sweet rest on in the Lord. I surely miss you Sir. But with the certainty and solid assurance that you are joyfully singing Halleluyah with the heavenly host, then where you are is definitely better than here. I think of you everyday and I long to spend eternity with you as soon as Jesus comes to take us all home. I love you Dad dearest, more than words can describe! Eyin yin a tunbo dara siii in Jesus name. Amen. I'm not mourning, I'm not sad I'm PRESENTLY THANKING GOD FOR CALLING YOU HOME AT THE APPOINTED TIME. DADDY, YOU ARE FREE FROM WORRIES, MOLESTATION, OPPRESSION, DEPRESSION, SORROW, LOSS, WICKEDNESS, SICKNESS, ADVERSITY.......FREE FREE,FREEEEEEEE. LOVE YOU TOO MUCH WITH PASSION!
Daddy, I cant help but ask......How is Folorunso?

There is no time that I visit this page that the first thought in my mind isn't "its not fair". That you had to go just like that. I still feel the pain of it. Sometimes I wonder what I would have done if I had been there... As if anyone could have tied you down. Home had become a reality to your heart. Your soul had determined that the toil had been enough. Not that you could have done more than you have done already. Because God knows, you did so much. Now its time for your rest. Laala alagbase tan. Simi, Jacob ma simi till we see. Always remeber you with warm affection snd fondness. But now, we have our own daddy. Thank God, baba ku, baba ku.

Happy birthday Grandpa! Thank you for providing for my father and making him the man he is today. It is because of your work and God's guidance that our lives are so blessed. Thank you Grandpa.

FOREVER MISSED BABA SEGUN, BABA BUNMI, BABA TOSIN, BABA FUNMILAYO, BABA KEMI ati BABA FOLUSO.

SUNRE O.

Daddy, I recall how you would respond whenever I called you on the phone; you would always say "SEGUN!" as if you were expecting the call. I can't bring myself to delete your number from the contact list of my phone. You live forever in the bosom of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
You are the best father that any child could hope to have. You sacrificed so much so that we could have good education and live better lives. Glory to God Almighty that your sacrifice was not in vain. Your children have turned out to be OLU OMOS. You showed us what parental love truly meant. But you also didn't spare the rod.
Finally, I glorify the name of the Living God that my own children are seeing me with the same "eye" with which I still see you. My joy knew no bounds when my own son confirmed to me during one of our heart-to-heart talks that he could not have wished to have a better father.
Thank you Daddy for the solid foundation that you laid for us. We promise to build solid structures on it. We further promise to bring up our own children to build an even more solid structure on the one that we are constructing.
Rest peacefully in the bosom of our Lord Jesus till we meet to part no more.
Love always.
Segun.

Will always be amazed that you actually died daddy. My daddy-daddy!

Keep on sleeping in His Bosom till we meet to part no more.

I still wish to ask for your opinion on too many issues as usual.

Thanks for the things we learnt and that we shared while we had the time.

Thanks for all you left. Your legacies will never die.

I will always love you daddy.........

All glory to God Most High! Baba Segun you were an enigma! No way your type can ever be forgotten. You enjoyed massive benefit of presence whenever you showed up. This actually bellied your stature!!!
Once again Daddy, I bless God for having some attributes of my darling mentor and father. Caring, disciplined, principled, family oriented, honest. Godly. Dependable and loving.....mi o gbodo puro , ORIRERE LORI MI O PE MO NI I YIN NI BABA....A O PADE DANDAN LESE JESU OLUGBALA!!!

Happy Post-humous birthday dear daddy,

I will never be able to get over your departure.
See you on the other side on the last day.
We celebrate you even in your absence.
I am happy to upload your last birthday picture as you raised your voice so resoundingly to Him whom you truly adored while you were here.
Will forever love you

To my dear grandpa, i cant thank you enough for your tremendous impact in the life of my mother, as a young girl your cane showed her the way, and as a woman, your words of wisdom...thank you granddad!!!

Well on my part Baba is someone i would have love to know better but the little i know shows that he cares somuch for those that are close to him. Maybe in another life time i would be part of his children so that that care can be more. Continue to rest in the bossom of our Lord.
We all miss u.

My father, my son.

I feel the ease to share having carried this grief so deeply in my heart for the past almost one year. The memory of our few times of being together or speaking together on the phone last year were etched on the tablet of my heart. Had I not been told to let you go by the Lord before you died, I wondered how I would have been able to understand it all. I had the mind that I would have opportunity to care for you when you are so old you would be like a baby. But just like you, you left the world as a wonder, just the way you lived.

No word can explain the pain that still fills my heart. I have woken up only God knows the number of times thinking of the next thing I was going to share with you, only to remember that you are indeed gone for good.

Imagine, you are home at last. That place of His dwelling, that glorious heaven. Many doubt weather it is real, but I know it is. And I know that's where you are. You so loved the Lord. I remember asking you a few years ago whether you were sure if you died, you will make it to heaven and you answered with a very grave and sober tone, and said "what else am I to do?". I love you, I simply do, and I will never stop. I love the fact that I'll see you some day. We'll talk some more then. I guess you'll be pretty busy, with all the loved ones you had helped influence on the way to eternity, visiting and exchanging welcoming you.

Rest Papa. Your story lingers on.........A

I DO NOT NEED A SPECIAL DAY TO BRING YOU TO MIND. THE DAY I DO NOT THINK OF YOU IS VERY HARD TO FIND.
EACH MORNING, WHEN I WAKE UP, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE GONE AND NO ONE KNOWS THE HEARTACHE AS I TRY TO CARRY ON.
MY HEART STILL ACHES WITH SADNESS AND SACRED TEARS STILL FLOW. WHAT IT MEANT TO LOSE U, NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!
MY THOUGHTS ARE ALWAYS WITH YOU, YOUR PLACE, NO ONE CAN FILL, IN LIFE I LOVE YOU DEARLY, IN DEATH I LOVE YOU STILL!!!
DEAR ANGELS, HEAR MY PRAYER, PLEASE GUARD MY DADDY WITH YOUR GENTLE WINGS AND TEND HIM WITH GREAT CARE. FOR HE WAS SOMEONE WONDERFUL AND CARING, WORDS JUST CANNOT CONVEY HOW MUCH I WISH HE WAS HERE ONCE MORE WITH US.
LOSING YOU DADDY HAS CLEARLY ALTERED MY LIFE. THE PAIN DULLS BUT THE GAP NEVER CLOSES!!!
YOU WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE ME CRY OR SAD, SO WHAT I TRY TO DO IS LIVE A BRIGHT AND HAPPY LIFE, IN MEMORY OF YOU!, FOR THOUGH I WILL ALWAYS MISS YOU, AND IT'S DREADFUL BEING SO APART, I BELIEVE I HAVEN'T REALLY LOST YOU.... BABA FUNLAYO, YOU ARE STILL HERE IN MY HEART!!!

MY DARLING DADDY,

IT IS SO UNREAL TO REFER TO YOU AS "DEAD". YOU WERE AN ENIGMA, A METEOR THAT LEFT DEEP IMPRINT & +VE IMPACT ON EVERYONE THAT CAME ACROSS U. DADDY, YOU WERE A "RARE BREED" FULL OF DIVINE WISDOM! I LOVE YOU FOREVER BABA SEGUN. WE SHALL SURELY MEET IN CHRIST JESUS. GOODBYE!!! FUNMI.

You were my best friend daddy! You virtually "poured" all your words of wisdom into my brain. There is hardly a day that I wont have reasons to say "my father said ...........".
I know that you are with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ where we will eventually meet to part no more. I will forever love you Daddy.