November 28, 2023
November 28, 2023
TRIBUTE TO MY BOSOM FRIEND
I had a sudden sharp pang of estrangement, coldness, weakness and depletion of Spirit at the news of your death even though I had seen you and the condition you were at the hospital a day before the cold hands of death severed you from us. You indeed fought death by having a very high spirit that you would recover and live.
You exhibited hope through faith despite the great pains you were undergoing the last minutes of your life. Such a faith I read from the Scripture.
A time like this indeed shows that we have not abandoned ourselves to grief, but that we have not forgotten all that you laboured for and the mark's you left behind in our hearts.
When I moved from the Eastern part of Nigeria to Lagos after graduation as a Medical Laboratory Scientist in 1993 , your outfit ; Malgoz Clinical Laboratory was my first point of call for a job. Although you did not employ me , you encouraged me to be coming around. This coming around you budded into a relationship that blossomed to the extent that we were like blood brothers
You were there for me through thick , thin and never were you irritated. It was really difficult for you to say , no to request from people. You stocked to attending to people's welfare that knocked at your door. At times I would ask myself , so it's possible for someone to be so magnanimous? You were indeed magnanimous and I used to say , you are god in my heart. You were simple in assessing people. Never would you be negative no matter what . You would advance an excuse for someone who exhibits negative behaviour.
You were a counselor, wealth creator, patient in your pursuits. Never wanting to step on toes , upright in your dealings and always coming out clean.
It is said that good people do not last, I am beginning to use you as a case study. Apparently, we cannot question God why He should exit you now.
I know you have indeed graduated from this world into another life.
May God Almighty grant you eternal rest.
Your Bosom Friend,
Zadok Uduma Udo (Okoh)
I had a sudden sharp pang of estrangement, coldness, weakness and depletion of Spirit at the news of your death even though I had seen you and the condition you were at the hospital a day before the cold hands of death severed you from us. You indeed fought death by having a very high spirit that you would recover and live.
You exhibited hope through faith despite the great pains you were undergoing the last minutes of your life. Such a faith I read from the Scripture.
A time like this indeed shows that we have not abandoned ourselves to grief, but that we have not forgotten all that you laboured for and the mark's you left behind in our hearts.
When I moved from the Eastern part of Nigeria to Lagos after graduation as a Medical Laboratory Scientist in 1993 , your outfit ; Malgoz Clinical Laboratory was my first point of call for a job. Although you did not employ me , you encouraged me to be coming around. This coming around you budded into a relationship that blossomed to the extent that we were like blood brothers
You were there for me through thick , thin and never were you irritated. It was really difficult for you to say , no to request from people. You stocked to attending to people's welfare that knocked at your door. At times I would ask myself , so it's possible for someone to be so magnanimous? You were indeed magnanimous and I used to say , you are god in my heart. You were simple in assessing people. Never would you be negative no matter what . You would advance an excuse for someone who exhibits negative behaviour.
You were a counselor, wealth creator, patient in your pursuits. Never wanting to step on toes , upright in your dealings and always coming out clean.
It is said that good people do not last, I am beginning to use you as a case study. Apparently, we cannot question God why He should exit you now.
I know you have indeed graduated from this world into another life.
May God Almighty grant you eternal rest.
Your Bosom Friend,
Zadok Uduma Udo (Okoh)