A Tribute To My Father
Dad, I could go on and on.....and write volumes, and volumes... about you! Daddy, this space does not suffice.....You are principled, forthright, unassuming..., yet loving, kind, tender hearted......; Heaven focused, earthly goal driven....faithful provider...,helper of the helpless, lover of many..., forgiven forgiver.....,large-hearted giver, sacrifice!...., assurance and re assurance...., compassionate toward fellow men...., executor of justice...,passionate mentor in scholarship..., brothers’ keeper.....,wisdom personified, wisdom unparalleled, and wisdom incomprehensible.... ; passionate comforter, ever present with a word, the right word......; ever hopeful, trusting always in his savior, Jesus.....;word addicted, lover of his heavenly father; lover of prisoners, hopeful for their future...; uncommon father, uncommon fathering, one of a kind!......
The hand that rocked my cradle.....,tendered my childhood.....,guided my youth, ....counsel in adulthood....,lover of my life.......,my mentor in scholarship...,lover of my spirit, of my soul, and carer of my body as I grew......;tender of my life..., lover and carer of our families - children, spouse, and grandchildren.....image of my heavenly father!.
With no exaggeration, and surprisingly, these virtues, these roles I have come to grasps with about your person, are..... the enabling prototype in clearer perception of my heavenly father’s ways.
These have shaped my life, my ways, and walk!
I love you, daddy.....,You live on!.....,just that..... on the other side of the divide!
Thank you for ALL the sacrifice you made up into my life for all times!....daddy!
Memories about you....,I cherish! Your love, and mum’s linger ever so near, so dear!
I hate to say ‘goodbye’!. It’s not ‘goodbye!’, daddy,......Just goodnight!
We’ll all meet as family, up above, in the morning, the glorious morning!. (Thank you Lord, for resurrection morning, which we dare not miss!...we gather, rejoicing, that we made it to heaven!. Thank you Lord!)
See you then, dad!
So long! Your Treasured daughter, Evbuoma, Idowu Kikelomo