Another memory
One of Dad's favourite songs by Fela: Zombie
.....a day doesn't pass when do not i think of you
Always wishing you are on the other end of a phone call... so many things have been happening since that fateful day when i thought everything was settled and the operational procedure had been done and it was all going to be alright after 5 days of touch and go... then when i dropped the items in the ICU room, you looked at me and said "Gee, don't go" and i said "Daddy, i am around but i can't sit with you in the ICU as it is not allowed" .. how i wish i had sat with you and said some more things, and listened to some more songs.... chatted a bit more and gotten some more advice on what to do next and how to manage the vacuum you knew you were planning to leave behind.
Only the Lord knows..
Bob Marley
Hymn
I’m But a Stranger Here
By: Thomas R. Taylor
I’m but a stranger here,
Heaven is my home;
Earth is a desert drear,
Heaven is my home;
Danger and sorrow stand
Round me on every hand;
Heaven is my fatherland,
Heaven is my home.
What though the tempest rage,
Heaven is my home;
Short is my pilgrimage,
Heaven is my home;
And time’s wintry blast
Soon shall be over past;
I shall reach home at last,
Heaven is my home.
Therefore I murmur not,
Heaven is my home;
Whatever my earthly lot,
Heaven is my home;
And I shall surely stand
There at my Lord’s right hand.
Heaven is my fatherland,
Heaven is my home.
Hymn # 515
Lutheran Worship
Author: Arthur S. Sullivan
Tune: Heaven Is My Home
1st Published in: 1836
From Femi Longe Fatikun (Nephew)
March, 2019
DADDYS JOKES AND STORIES
Daddy and his jokes. Just remembering one now. I cannot believe the stories he did not tell us when we were young but he started sharing when he felt we were old enough to understand. I am still laughing. Daddy rest in peace.
From Pastor Seyi Ashaolu
We lost an Icon, a mentor, an uncle,a great father.
Engineer Oluremi Fatikun,you are the most proud and the most glorious brother of my mum, you are a pillar to everyone of us, your words are full of inspiration and guidance. No one can fill your vacuum in our heart. May your gentle soul continue to rest in paradise. Amen.
Philipians1:21. For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Dancing in Glory
Engineer John Oluremi Fatikun
Psalm 91: 1-2: Those who dwell in the shelter of the MOST HIGH will find refuge under the Shadow of THE ALMIGHTY. I will say of THE LORD- YOU are my refuge and my fortress, the ONE in whom I trust.
Daddy you are running and jumping and dancing now with Jesus. You are at peace.