It is another beautiful weekend with so many blessings in store. Thank you 
It was on July 2010 that i came to a conclusion that I have to take a great risk. This risk involved life of 4 person's, my life and that of my 3 children. Many years before 2010, i have been enduring beating, pain, insult and neglect from a husband. I tried all I can to cope but it was really getting worst. One day in 2009 my third daughter fell sick and i had no money to take her to hospital because I was sick too without care.
while I was trying to see who will help me since their father said he is not ready for unnecessary expenses, my second Son fell sick too. I begged him to give me money and he refused. Their sickness got worst and I took them to hospital without money. The Doctor told me that, he is not sure 2 of them will reach evening ðŸ˜ðŸ˜. I cried uncontrollable. He asked for their fathers phone number and I gave it to him. He called him to come to the hospital immediately. He came, and the doctor wrote down what he will buy and ask him to buy Complan first and bring it to the hospital. It was around 9:am in the morning. He left the hospital, instead of buying the Complan, he went to market to buy tailoring material to sew clothes.
He was a tailor, we waited for him to come nowhere, the doctors wife, prepared food for us to eat out of pity.hmmm, it wasn't easy, what of my children, their health was going down each minute. The doctor could not help but started treatment. I remembered hearing him said, let's see if we can save one. My heart was beating so fast. The doctor called him again to know why he has not come, He said, he has a lot of work for embroidery, he cannot just keep them in Owerri and come back.
The doctor turned and said to me, am sorry you may loose two of them, your husband is a monster, he had no human feeling, how can he see these children in this critical condition and his work is more important to him than there life?. Am finished i cried out, i hold his truoser and begged him to help me that i will pay their bill. He said to me, as for your daughter she can't make it, let me try if God will save your Son.
When my daughter was fighting for her life around 5pm of that day, her father walked in. The doctor out of annoyance gave him a dirty slap and handed over my daughter to him and said go and burry her that is what you want. On his body, my daughter gave up her last breath ðŸ˜. The doctor did all he can and with God's help, my Son survived.
As we came back from hospital, the worst happened, i will never forget his statement on daily basis, i must be rich. It has been written. And all his favorite movies then was all about how to make money no matter the cost. My health went from bad to worst. People started to murmuring, if i had HIV. My brother had to come from village to see me but could not leave me, which he made arrangement immediately to go with me so that I will be treated and that he did.
As recoverd within 2 weeks, i went back to River state where we were living and gaze what, my children we're skinned. That day i told myself, I have to leave before it is too late.
A lot of things came into my mind in a minute. Where will I run to, should i go alone or with this children, should i go with belongings, will he stop us, will it worsen the whole situation? Chai, i had no answer to all the question running in my mind.
I decided to share it with a matured Man who is seeing all our pain.
He said to me, this is a very difficult decision but you have to make it for your children, it will not be easy now but it will be in the future. Save their life and your life first, after you can save the marriage.
I prepared my children to move to where they do not know, i know am going to face it hard but i was prepared to endure. So July 2010, I prepared them one day as if we are going to see a friend and we left the house with nothing. I went to Uyo in my Aunt's house, i told her and the husband everything they need to know and that is how our difficult life began in Uyo Akwa Ibom State.
It wasn't easy for me and them at all, eweeeeh. I cried so many nights and day. Morning and night was the same. I started going to people's houses to make the hair, and Gods blessed me. I said a lot of prayer before we left and prayers becomes my first and last words. I told God to show me some signs to indicate his surport. It was hell to me.
One day, while I was crying, thinking how I will get a house to live because my Aunty and her husband has turned us to slave. I know that we have made them uncomfortable in their house but for sure, i believed that it was temporary. A good Sameritan paid for house and a shop for me and my children. He gave money to my Aunty to buy foam, stove, pot, plate for us
Since then till now, we have moved from one step to another, we are now able to pay our rent, my children are so happy now that I took the risk. That risk i took have benefited their father is so many ways. Although he is not living with us, he will never say that the risk i took was a bad one. The risk gave him opportunity to recieve an award from a company i worked with. On the day of the award he was invited for that.
*Although not all the risk we took works the way we planned it, some do work out well in a way that brings Blessings to everyone in the family
Life is all about risk, keep taking risk even if you fail, you will fail success one day.
