The sting of...

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One thing that is certain and more than sure in this life is Death. No matter your status, age, gender talk about anything, death is the most sure thing that everyone will taste, no wonder there's a saying in my local language that says, " all will die, so, don't make jest of whom dies." So, the best and the only thing to be done while alive is to do good. no one knows when death will come knocking at his or her doorstep. So, do good always.

Another belief in my place is that, no one knows the kind of death that will kill him or her. When I looked at this thoroughly, i realized that it is true, i have never seen anybody that knows what kind of death will kill him or her. I just pray that God grant us long life in good health.

All these my preamble would not have come if not for what happened to us as a family early this morning, it was such a sad situation for all that was concerned. Before now, I used to think that I am a strong man. Having lost my mother 14 years ago, I thought I have bo trait of emotion left in me. So, I believe there's nothing on earth that can move or make me to shed tears. But...

But the sad event of this morning moved and pained me the marrow.m, and it's then I realized I still have feelings and a bit of emotion left in me. It's my father-in-law's death. Very early this morning or let me say in the middle of the night, I and my beautiful wife received a distress call from her immediate elder sister. When we received the call, it was my wife that first picked up the call and as she answered the call, the sister asked her to hand over the phone to me, as she handed over the phone to me, the sister broke the sad news to me, but since everything was silent because of the time of night, my wife overheard the conversation and screamed even in the middle of the night, she screamed without her even minding the hour of the night. It was such a terrible situation, as we could not sleep till the following morning.

As early as possible the following morning, we woke up and set out to my my in-law's place and when we got there, people were already assembled, crying out loud and eulogizing the good deeds of the man. So, everywhere was sad and bitter with everybody not in good mood. So, I was moved with tears rolling down my cheek, so, I can still cry? I didn't believe it, but when I looked around and realized that this was the end for my father-in-law , a man who took me as his own, I shed tears. He's so loved by all and the community he lived in. He's a man of and for all. Though he's no more, but he lives on. RIP a father for all. We will sure miss you.

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