It's hard, thoughts of you always bring joy to me. I walk the streets and not one story about something bad you did. Your were not just a good father,you were a kind man.I am struggling to achieve a quarter of your virtues. Its amazing how you did all this effortlessly. You are the man, my hero, my strength and the thought that you are my dad is so much food to my soul. Rest in peace papa.God surely carries you around in heaven. I miss you dad.

Growing up, I always struggled with cold environments because I easily caught a cold and my sneezing would go on for hours. One blessed day whilst preparing  for my exam  I left the campus to my late uncle's house in owerri because the sneezing was getting too much and I felt very uncomfortable. 

God bless my late Uncle's family as they wasted no time to trying to ensure my health was restored. The wife plucked vegetables from the back of the house, cut some yam and made pepper soup. The eldest brother dashed to the store to buy "Robb"- a menthol ointment an massaged my ribs and chest to ease the pain.

Later that night the fever started and I felt my body breaking world temperature records- I was boiing hot! I managed to get up to use the bathroom and that was the only thing could remember- I had passed out. 

The following day I woke up in the hospital having been diagnosed of bronchitis to see almost all the members of my uncle's  family. Strange! I thought, imagining how I got here in the first place and why everyone was here. I must have taken a bad fall and collapsed- I thought. 
The moment  I turned to my right my hero, my father, my guardian angel, my ever-sure person - Chief Victor Oguamanam,  "Ochiriozo" as he is fondly called was sitting on a chair by my side. He smiled and I smiled right back. That moment  I knew everything was going to be fine and indeed it was. I was discharged  same day and my father stayed with me all through the day.

Did he fly down here yesterday night? Did my uncle call him the moment I got to there house and he took a bus .... so many questions ran through my mind but for certain this man loved me so dearly. 

Fast forward to 2021, we recently had one of our village meetings and an elder started pouring out some of my dad's legacy; how he helped communities and showed love to everyone and it all became clear to me ; my dad is an Angel of God as he would sacrifice anything to put a smile on anyone's face.

He has gone back to meet his creator. OCHIRIOZO lives on! God bless your soul. RIP daddy. #ochiriozoliveson #victoroguamanam