Mama at 80 ! This is a type of life many of us wish and hope to celebrate. Seeing how the young ones die before they get older, most of us believe still being alive at 80 or more deserves a kind of celebration and sometimes birthday parties are thrown in their honour.
At that age, you have seen and heard a lot. You have also gained a whole lot of experience that could be used to tell stories to the younger generation. Most people at that age would have seen their grandchildren or even their great-grandchildren.
Though nobody prays for it nor wishes it but death is inevitable, we are all at one point or the other leaving this Earth.
My answer to this week's prompt;
As death comes, so does birth. It's always a joyous moment for families to have a new addition to them, their bundle of joy whose first cries bring smiles to the faces of those that surround the baby.
It hurts when a newborn has any kind of defect. I don't think anyone could be faulted for that as there might be several factors that must have contributed to that. I commend parents whose children has any form of disability or impairment. I can't even begin to imagine the strength it takes for them seeing their children in that state. The toll it takes on them getting help to make things easier for their children.
Most times when I see a newborn, I just want to hold on to him or her and never let go. Their innocent smiles always warm my heart that if I could have my way, I would take away anything that could cause them pain.
Now a child born with visual impairment is heartbreaking. If my 80-year old eyes wouldn't be so dim and weak, I would ask for them to be taken out and given to the child without a second thought. But giving out eyes that are probably foggy or cloudy, amongst all other eye problems to a newborn is even worse in my own opinion.
Some might argue that anything is better than nothing but this is not applicable to everything in life. I mean why give my weak eyes to a newborn and have that child struggle to see clearly like the rest of his peers? In cases like this, it's best to look for better options than a half-baked one.
