‘No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a minor of thine own
Or of thine friend’s were.
Each man’s death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee’.
John Donne (1572-1631).
It was only last year, on the 22nd of June, to be precise that Aunty Ebun was in the thick of activities to lay our mother, Mrs Hannah Olambimpe Obaro, her cousin by blood but Aunty in practice to rest in Ayetoro Gbede, Kogi State, Nigeria.
Now, one year and a week later, Aunty Ebun has transitioned to join her!
How greatly diminished we have been in a year as human beings and as a family.
Uncle Dayo, your grief and sense of voidness will be the greatest. We can only imagine.
‘The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.’
(Marcus Tullius Cicero)
Though cousins by blood, but Auntie in practice, Aunty Ebun, your life continues in our memories. We pray that the good Lord will let all the good seeds that you have sown germinate and endure. May the Lord help your offsprings and families fulfil their destinies
Uncle Dayo, the all powerful God will uphold you.
OLU and AYO OBARO and FAMILY.
