They say that your life flashback in your eyes the moment when you're in the brink of life and death. No one can understand why it always occurs late in our lives, I mean why do we have to wait for that time to reflect our lives, Did Santa failed on reminding us whether we are naughty or nice during our childhood years?.
Death is inevitable for us protein-based living creature of this crappy world. We laugh, We cry, We multiply, We bleed and We Die! that's how boring life could be for each of us. But somewhere along those mind-numbing years we find contentment and give meaning to others.
This is a story of Dada a woman who was neglected by faith, embraced by sufferings and loved by courage standing still up to her last breath.
She was born from a poor family the second oldest of seven siblings. She was not the favored child nor the brightest one or even gifted with finesse and beauty. Her father dislike her because of her poor performance in school. She was forced to stop schooling at an early age because he did not see any "future" for her. The old saying "No read, No Write" was etched in her memory that is why she also looses hope for Education. Her mother have lost interest in her when she married at the age of 16 to a Gambler at the arena for the "Birds of Dawn".
She was forced to do hard labor of selling fish in the morning, meat in the afternoon and flowers at night. She was a mother of five children and for a moment she thought she was already in peace. But Death visited her frequently. She was widowed at 28, her youngest daughter died after a year and a couple of months old and her second son died tragically when he falls down on the roof of a 30th floor building.
During this "visitation" she held on to courage, to make her strong and still a piece.So life goes on for her until her first born brought her grandchildren of four and her now only daughter contribute a single angel. Time passed and soon Death is knocking at her door once again. She was diagnosed with complications due to excessive eating of sweets and sugar. But she still hang on and put a smile in her face for them to not loose hope and pray for a miracle. Soon she can no longer stand on her feet and barely breathing, She asked for a priest to blessed her and confessed her transgressions. She refuse to eat and her take any of her medication. She start hallucinating and saw her beloved husband, her two children, Her father, her in-laws, her brother and her younger sister all of them who're reaching for her hand and smiling back at her.
After a day or two, she was willingly go back to our Father's house.
During this "visitation" she held on to courage, to make her strong and still a piece.So life goes on for her until her first born brought her grandchildren of four and her now only daughter contribute a single angel. Time passed and soon Death is knocking at her door once again. She was diagnosed with complications due to excessive eating of sweets and sugar. But she still hang on and put a smile in her face for them to not loose hope and pray for a miracle. Soon she can no longer stand on her feet and barely breathing, She asked for a priest to blessed her and confessed her transgressions. She refuse to eat and her take any of her medication. She start hallucinating and saw her beloved husband, her two children, Her father, her in-laws, her brother and her younger sister all of them who're reaching for her hand and smiling back at her.
After a day or two, she was willingly go back to our Father's house.
Misfortune after misfortune, Fighting the pain and ignoring the sufferings are the things she battled daily.Yes, she belonged to the unimportant and to the type to be ignored. But during that time she have nursed and loved a child that would carry her hope, her love and her whole being alongside with her misfortunes in life. She have met Bee.
She treated Bee as one of her own child, she loved him and cared for him. Every day she always bought something for him after her exhausting work, she defended him and spoiled him on anyway she can. She had loved the child and the child loved her dearly even when he became a boy or even when he's a full grown man.
On her funeral wake, the man stood at her remains she looked at her face and saw that there was no trace of loneliness, she had that mesmerizing smile a calm expression that she really deserved to have. as He put his hand on the coffin he softly whisper "rest and be with your family, thank you for making me who I am today".
To the world she is unimportant, to me she is my everything, To her family she was neglected, to me, she was all i can hold on to in times of sorrow. To her family she was rejected. To me, i was accepted. She was great in my eyes lovely and beautiful, with wisdom gentleness she had mold me and told me to believe and keep on dreaming until the day it comes into fruition.
Farewell and i know you're happy to where you are now. you will always be alive in our hearts , I and the rest of those children you once hold in your arms and felt that we were loved by you.
On her funeral wake, the man stood at her remains she looked at her face and saw that there was no trace of loneliness, she had that mesmerizing smile a calm expression that she really deserved to have. as He put his hand on the coffin he softly whisper "rest and be with your family, thank you for making me who I am today".
To the world she is unimportant, to me she is my everything, To her family she was neglected, to me, she was all i can hold on to in times of sorrow. To her family she was rejected. To me, i was accepted. She was great in my eyes lovely and beautiful, with wisdom gentleness she had mold me and told me to believe and keep on dreaming until the day it comes into fruition.
Farewell and i know you're happy to where you are now. you will always be alive in our hearts , I and the rest of those children you once hold in your arms and felt that we were loved by you.
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