Greetings!
One thing I would not forget in my life was the turnaround that happened in my life some years back. This sudden turnaround encounter happened after the death of my mum, then I had no one to lean on as she was the only one I had as my support pillar, there was no one else. I could remember her telling me saying
“Jide, don't worry, I will make sure I support you till my last breath and with the last drop of my blood.”
Whenever she said this to me, I'm always happy and feel secure not just because of anything, but because I have her as my life line which I believe whenever I need any kind of support, she would be there for me.
However, the sting of death struck her and she died when we least expected of her, I was not expecting her to die at the age 45, but what can we do when death comes. Her demise was so painful to all, but one thing is that, in my own case, it's more painful as there's no one who would help her fulfil her promise for me as I have thought within me.
So, when I realised that there's no one else to support me, even after a lot of people including relatives and friends have promised to fill the vacuum she had left behind, I quickly sat down and have a word with myself and that word I had with myself was,
“Jide, arise and take things seriously with yourself if you want to make it in life.” So, I made this word my motto or let me say my watchword and that's how I started to live my life after the death of my loving mother who would have made my journey in life simple and easy if not for the cold hand of death.
This sudden change in my life which was within a week, made me do what I could not do before the demise of my mum. I went her to look for manual labour work and right at the place, the man in charge who happened to be the manager, Mr. Hassan asked me when it was my turn to screen me saying,
“This boy, do you think you can do this hard labour work?” “Yes, I can,” I replied. “Are you sure?” He asked again. “Sure, I can,” I replied. “Then we will put you on probation and if you do not meet up with our expectation of this work, then we will release you without paying you,” he said. “Okay sir, no problem,” I replied.
This my last statement that day signified my agreement to what he had just told me. But one thing that got me baffled was why the man thought I would not be able to do the work, well, maybe because of my stature and my look.
Although I have not done that kind of work before, I believe if others can do it, I too can do it. So, we all started with the work and to be sincere, it was not as easy as I had thought, but because of what was at stake, I put in all my energy into it. Less I forget, what was at stake was that I wanted to use the proceeds from the work to sponsor my higher education as there's no one to help with funds to send myself to school.
So, after a while, someone in the work place introduced me to a daily contribution of 1k and I was happy to join the contribution thinking I would be able to save from what I was earning, however, after few months of joining the contribution, I obtained the Jamb form and sat for the examination which I passed creditably well and after this I was screened by my institution of choice and I was given the course of my choice into the university.
However, when I realised that I would need my money to pay up the tuition, I requested for the contribution that I have made, but it was then that I was told that the contribution had scattered as the coordinator had ran away with our money, when I heard, I was devastated as there was no other source for me to get fund to beat the deadline day for all the payments that's needed to secure my admission into the university.
“This is my only and last hope,” I said to myself.
The situation was a very difficult one for me back then that I fell into depression and I was even considering harming myself, however, when it was a Thursday night, a night preceding the deadline day which was Friday morning, I saw a strange number calling me and when ai answered the call, it was one of my mum's friend who I have not seen before that called.
She greeted me and asked about my well-being. She said,
“I just heard about the demise of your mum, I'm sorry sorry for calling late.” “No problem ma, Thank you,” I said. “Jide, you have to take heart, God will be with you,# she said.” “Amen,” I replied. “How are you now coping?” She asked.
That's when I started narrating my ordeals to her ever since the death of my mum, when she heard my story, she was moved with emotions and promised to help me through, on this particular night she sent me money to pay all my debts and my tuition fee.
Immediately she sent the money, I paid all that I needed to pay and afterwards, she kept calling to ask about me and not only that, she was always sending me money even till today. I couldn't have enjoyed the kind of life I'm enjoying now even if my mum was alive, but thanks to GOD for sending this Angel to me and she has made me beat the deadline and even helped me through the difficult moments of my life through which I would have been consumed. Till now, the contribution had not been given to me, but to be sincere my life has taken a new form over the night.
Thanks for reading.
The picture is mine.
