I am the first son of Eunice Bobola Adeloye. It is my honour to tell you about the exceptional woman I was lucky enough to call "Mum". I feel privileged to have been your first born, you always loved me unconditionally and were the best mother anyone could wish for.
If I could write a story, it would be the greatest ever told about a kind and loving mother with a heart of gold. I could write a million pages but still not be able to express just how much I love and miss you. I am hurt but won't be sad because you will always be my mother.
I was a mummy's boy in my early years, it seems like I spent much of my years trying to avoid that label, but after her passing, I now acknowledge that she was the person most responsible for shaping who I am today.
There was a lot of love in my mum's life, even though she is gone now, I know that her legacy will live on in all of us. She was an incredible teacher and mother who inspired us all and everybody that knew her. There are no lessons about the "Art of mothering". We can only do our best and hope that we will do it well. My mother (Mama Tokunbo) certainly got an A** in this. She was a caring, supportive and accommodating wife, sister, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was a home maker in the true sense of the world. We always had food and never went hungry. Our life quality was rich. My lasting memories of mum are simple. A hard-working, passionate woman of strength who never waned in her support in love of her children and her family and who soldiered on even when times were tough. You gave me strength and a stronger person would be hard to find, but in your heart you were a very kind person, you fought for all of us one way or the other and for all of us you gave your best. No one is as invested in everything they do as much as you were or perhaps as proud of their children as you were. I have lost a wonderful mother, adviser and mentor.
I am grieving for the amazing relationship I had with her. I am grieving for my children who have only known their wonderful grandmother for such a short time. I am grieving for my grandson who never got to meet her and my brothers and sisters who have lost a true friend and mother. We have all suffered a huge loss.
In times of darkness, love sees,
In times of silence, love hears,
In times of doubt, love hopes,
In times of sorrow, love heals
And in all times, love remembers.
Mother, my love for you shall never die as your memory is sealed within my heart.
I thank you all for reading this and celebrating the life of a remarkable woman, my mother, our mother "Eunice Bobola Adeloye" (Mama Tokunbo). Your memory will live on in all our hearts forever until we meet again at the feet of our Lord Jesus Christ.