Earlier in the day 😏

We live in an era where people have the liberty to highlight what they would want others to contribute to them at different key stages of life. You've ever attended a certain wedding meeting and seen a budget that the couple couldn't afford, but they trust their friends to raise the funds for them. A baby shower, where some ladies raise money to spend in a serene place, that could have been used for the hospital bills. Anyway, I'm here to also highlight what I would wish for, on the day you hear that I am gone. Gone? Why am I rushing, you ask? Death, my friend, is a reality too. It may come sooner than we hoped, so we ought  prepare and wait for it, just like we eagerly await a wedding day.  For the record, I have no medical diagnosis of any terminal/related illness and i'm considerably at my very best in other capitals of life at this moment of writing.  But i know one day & it's not optional, I will be gone. Definitely  my desire is to die of old age, in...

Today is an extremely sad yet supposed to be Elia&Mary’s happiest day!  Elia’s mum passed on TODAY at about 3am & their vows are still slated for 11am TODAY . We are entangled at the extremes of life. We had planned to be happy. Everything was all set(venue decor is ready, cake is set,  food is probably half ready, I have the rings & mugole’s suit in my car trunk) yet again, we also have another huge reality upon us - a burial is being planned for in this moment. Upon Elia receiving the news, he encouraged himself for sometime but eventually dropped some body energies after seeing the *body. Yes! he’s being attended to medically and thankfully he’s not in a worrying state.  But still, it’s very hard to fully comprehend or comfort either of our bagole or the other close relatives and friends. I’m praying at heart, in words and alongside others - we are offering all the help we can to our people. Next time you hear the word quagmire being said, I’m experiencing ...