Another One Gone

Friday June 11, 11:30am
After my meal of Ewa agoyin (specially cooked beans with sauce) and bread, was about to sleep, when Biola got a call, er ex's kid sister had died,she died 11days ago, flipping hell, just when I had thought I was done with hearing stories of young people dying, just this morning I read on twitter that Nelson Mandela lost his great grand daughter in a car accident, She had just clocked 13. . . And so as we got ready to go to Sango (where the girl's folks stay) I kept thinking, my knees got weak! I put on my rumpled dress (cos there was no light) and we left the house! And throughout the journey I kept asking myself! What could have caused this girl's death! I searched for her on Facebook, went through her pictures, saved them, and kept zooming in on them. .
Twas a long ride, her mum came out to welcome us, very pretty woman!! Her face was bright, It had been 11days, she struck me as a very strong woman, I saw her dad too he looked calm, he was watching the opening ceremony of the world cup. Her big bro too had moved on. . . Wow must be the grace of God, like when people say "may God grant them the fortitude to bear the loss" this family was a typical example! Obviously God has been good to them! Her mum kept asking us if we wanted anything she was practically consoling us, I looked at a couple of pictures, she was a strong female. . At 26 "Soft" (as she was fondly called) had done so well for herself..
4:30pm I summoned up the courage to ask the "what's" and the "hows" I was told twas sickle cell AND asthma , just early this year I had read bout a 23yr old who died. He was a sickler too. . . Uhmnnn I had to go to google to read about sickle cell. .
5:13pm Am done reading can't say I learnt much though, Guess its all Gods will and timing. . We can't ask questions! We'd just pray it never happens again and for those of us left we ask for God's guidance and protection! God help Us all! We can never be too careful though, when its time its time.

R.I.P Wunmi "Soft"


To post or not to post??? All I can say is am happy for them, her Parents and her brother. Guess they've accepted their fate