My dearest, Sweetest, Irreplaceable Mother! It's a year that we haven't talked, haven't gisted, haven't planned, haven't laughed and I am wondering still how to cope with your loud and painful absence. I am trying still to wake out of this very bad dream. Ah, ah, ah!!!

I am wondering when the pains would go away.
I think about you every minute, I talk about you almost every other hour to everyone, anyone, any time, everywhere!

There is no getting over the grief, my dear mum! Ah, how, why, when?

Maybe by trying to live out your legacies of kindness, love for everyone, philanthropy and honesty, just maybe, I will survive, will learn to smile again.
Maybe I may one day understand why on earth the words 'mother' and 'death' would ever have to coexist in one sentence!

I love you, Mum. I miss you so, so much. I agonize why you ever have to go just when you are beginning to reap the fruits of your hard labour. I am inconsolable still, my dear mother. I am praying to God for strength, Mama.

Pls, pray for me, dear mother of Multitudes, pray for all your children, and continue interceding and fighting for us. We feel your presence, we hear your instructions, your guidance, we love, we will continue to honour your sweet legacies, my dearest Mama, my one and Only Mama!

-- Betty Abah (Daughter)

Its exactly a year today since you passed on mama. i will always miss you. love you but God loves you more.

Dear Betty, accept my condolences on the passing away of your dear mother. I remember you used to talk glowingly about her, just a couple of years ago.

Indeed, no one can fill the vacuum of a dear mother. May her soul Rest In Peace.

May your cherished memories of her continue to be a blessing to you, your siblings and the larger family she left behind. Amen.

My Mama, My Rock, What Do I Do Now?

If there're lessons I ever learnt and imbibed about principles, truth, compassion, decency, the fear of God, love of one's neighbour and hardwork, it was from my Mama, Mrs. Esther Omoche Onuh.

My prayer warrior, my spiritual pillar, my beloved enterprising Mama who loved us all seven kids unconditionally, my own Mama!

On May 15, 2022 in Lagos my Pillar slipped gently into eternity, so fast and so unexpected, singing her surrender to her Lion of Juda! It is still so surreal.

My mother, my sacrificial mother, the shed of many, my soft spoken gentle giant...

How do I find my way in the world now?
Where can anyone get a replacement for my gem of a mother, my own Mama who rocked, nurtured, prayed for and blessed me relentlessly? My Mama!
Dear Lord, help me!
 

Dear mum with a heart of gold, very industrious during your life time. So kind to strangers and people around.

Your good heart is what my Dad (Pastor Okeson) possesses. He kept checking up on me despite the distance. He always check to be sure I'm doing well spiritually. He also cares about my well being.

Mama, you've build a good man in him. And we all will miss you dearly ma. But rest on till we meet to part no more.

Adieu Mama

Hmmm, mama Okenyi you left like a candle in the wind. The vacuum you left can only be filled by God Himself.
Your grandchildren and I will miss you. I believe you are resting in the bosom of God.

Adieu Mama until we meet again. We love you but God knows best

Mama, my heart still bleeds. I can't still accept it that you're no more. Your exit has left a vacuum in my life. With all the dreams I had for you, with all the assurance I gave you about the future, you're no more. My life will cease to be the same.
Thank you for all you've done for me and all my siblings. Thanks for all you did for my friends.
Holding your hands and watching you breathe your last on the hospital bed is one memory that will never elude me.
Mama, we love you but God sees it best for you to come Home and rest now. REST ON Onmije, Ugbo of Agboriko.
-Okeson