WHAT AM I THINKING???
Just that day, I was in the Church trying to pray after Sunday Mass in August 2020. I just came back from travel then, a girl came to me and said, please ma, Fr's daughter sent me to call you. Which of them?... was my reply because I've spoken to some but not seen them. Still on it, another voice said, "mummy, mummy wants to meet with you", that's my Jessy talking. Which mummy again o,I've seen mummy Abegunde?? It's my other mummy, Mrs Tolu.
Immediately, I followed and before I could get to her, she ran to me and hugged me with laughs and greeting and every happy and joyful gesture, without minding the covid-19 rules, very strict then. I was moved by this act. Mrs. Tolu,you are loving!
The gist now started but in Yoruba, I wanted to pretend, I understood all she was saying, but I was forced because of her love for me shown clearly, I told her the truth. She asked for my friendship, which I gladly accepted, the journey with her started........
But, as in T, (do you remember how you were looking right around you, the first day, I coined this name for you, to see who I was calling?) I'll miss all these.... Who did you delegate to take over in teaching me Yoruba, who? I missed those gist and the special hugging, remember, you said, it's just for me...
How about our plans come ending of this year? Unfulfilled!!!!! I can't say it all but will keep the sweet memory evergreen! The friendship did not last for one year but it's memory over turns those of more than five years. Whenever you were around, you would come looking for me in the Church, telling me you knew, I would run home if you did not come fast... Who now?? This is why,I don't want to write.....can't really stand it.
Go in peace, my friend, I'll continue to cherish your memory pending the time the Almighty allotted to me..... REST IN GOD MRS TOLU.