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Good day everyone, welcome to my blog..
I will like to participate in this contest by describing what I can see. On the face value, I see a dog covered with clothes. Going deeper, this is a picture of sadness, loneliness and mourning. I could feel what this represent because I have had my share of it.
On the 25th June 2020, was a day I will always live to remember. Although I wished it never happened. I woke up that particular morning and we had our devotion as a family because I was staying with my step sister at Ibadan while my immediate family was in Lagos, Nigeria. It was actually during the period of COVID-19 and there was lockdown. Few hours into the day, my immediate elder sister's husband called to check up on me and I asked after my sister and he told me she is busy in her shop and I told him to greet her on my behalf.
About three hours later he called back to tell me my sister just slumped and they are on their way to the hospital that I should start praying for her. He calmed him and told him nothing evil will happen that he should pray inside water, have faith and just give her to drink because I so much believe in prayers. Not quite long he called again to tell me my sister was no longer with her, I asked where she went to, he was shaking and weeping that they didn't not accept her at the hospital because she was dead before they got there. I couldn't believe what I was told. It was like a dream. She wasn't sick. I couldn't even travel to see her, it was a really sad day for me. I went indoor, cried and cried and refused to eat for days. My best friend is gone, living because meaningless to me and that was how I went into depression. For months, I was indoor mourning the sudden and painful exit of my sister, I was lonely even when people were around. I came out of depression seeing that I had to give hope to my mom again...
Seeing this picture reminds me of my lonely life ever since I lost my sister, the pain and the deep sadness is still there till date because I haven't find a replacement for her in my life.
I'm grateful for the opportunity to share. Thanks for reading my post.
