Mama ! I’m still struggling with coming to terms with this reality, which accounts for why it took me this long to write this.
The beautiful memories is all I have left to bring me peace .
As I write and sieve through pictures, it is hard to hold back the tears. It is understood, as tears are the silent language of grief - I can’t help but let it flow.
A mighty force has become an ancestor. You were selfless, always worrying about the less privileged. Through your deeds, I have come to acknowledge the adage that the things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy. I can still see and feel your legacy everywhere I turn.
Death claims the body.
God claims the soul.
We the living create the legacy. I will try (key word “TRY”) to keep your legacy flying through words and deeds because it is said - if you don’t remember someone out loud, they die twice. It is a big pair of shoes to fill but I will try.
“Mma Vice” (as your students called you when you were a vice principal, “Mma-a-Sir” (as your church members and village members would call you), mom as we would call you - you were a disciplinarian, with a no nonsense persona. You were that “energy” and I seek solace in the scientific fact that energy once created cannot be destroyed but only transformed. You have transitioned but you will always be with us.
The pocket money you gave me as a young man, the trust in taking your money to the bank to deposit for you back then, letting me drive your car, etc were all lessons that helped me adapt to independent living when I moved out and became an adult. The love and your prayers I know for a fact were protecting me when I came short on my daily devotions and for that I say “thank you”. I can go on and on and on but in summary I will say it again - you were a good mom.
James 4:14 says “For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time then it vanishes away”
You ran your race, you’ve handed over the torch, rest on till we meet again to part no more.❤️