TRIBUTE BY MRS OLUWATOYIN OLAYINKA- TUNJI’s DEAR WIFE
How do I even start to put pen to paper? My mind is running riot with a barrage of unanswered questions. How can anyone understand that our story can not be contained in ordinary paper, or fully captured in mere words, because it is simply indescribable.
The Almighty God looked down on me from above and blessed my head with a crown - Olatunji. My husband, my lover, my ultimate best friend, my confidant, my gist partner, my everything embodied in an amazing individual. Your impeccable manners and love made Prince Charming a living reality for me. Your fearlessness left me in complete awe of you, and in every way, you were the man I dreamt of all my life. Every year spent with you was filled with unfathomable joy and love. To try to contain you in words is futile, you span the breath of human experience - full of laughter, joy, kindness and sometimes almost childlike in your ability to find something good in almost everyone and every situation. You possessed the gift to analyse a situation with incredible swiftness and accuracy, wearing your army toga with so much pride, your red cap you never took for granted. People keep trying to convince me that your journey/mission/assignment is done, but how can that be when I’m married to a fighter? A great man that will always be with me. I will continue to celebrate every accomplishment, minor or major, that always made you happy. I’m so elated that you knew God and always wanted to do good by HIM. My purpose partner with an excellent spirit that radiated in all you did. Thank you so very much Midor, for the goodness of your heart, thank you for loving me so selflessly, thank you for loving my Mom, my siblings, and the little ones, thank you for all the fond memories (I still have the butterflies in my tummy), thank you for an awesome relationship. The swiftness of your departure remains, not only shocking to me, but also very painful. However, I cannot fight God, HE owns your life and mine. In my eyes, death was no match for you, but who can say ‘no’ to the Almighty God? All we can and should do is to always bow to HIS Sovereignty. My love, I entrust you to God Who created you. May Christ who died for us, admit you into HIS garden of paradise, embrace you as one of HIS flocks, forgive all your sins and set you among HIS chosen. And may you see your Redeemer face to face and enjoy the vision of God, forever. To many, you are Brigadier General Olatunji Olayinka, but to me, you will always be my King, my heart, my soulmate. Forever in your corner my love.
Oluwatoyin