The year is running very fast, as if it has been long since we shouted "Happy New Year." It's running so fast that most of the set goals for the year are yet to be touched, yet we are almost at the middle of the year. It's running so fast because earlier this year, I had plans to treat myself well on my birthday, which is coming up early next month (June), but as of now, my plans towards that have been shifted to a corner because the year is moving so speedily, and I'm yet to settle into it.
But regardless, I'm very much thankful for life—for the months, weeks, and days that have passed this year. Not just my life, but mostly that of my family.
There's an unexplainable joy that fills my heart whenever I call home and know that everyone is alright, bouncing in good health, and there's no cause for alarm.
Currently, my family, comprising my parents and siblings, is the biggest thing I have on earth. Any slight thing that touches them automatically affects me. That's why whenever I reach out to them and hear they're okay, my heart jubilates.
Immediately after the New Year celebration, after I travelled back to my base, I received a call that one of my siblings had been admitted to the hospital. It was so scary because, according to my dad, the sickness appeared suddenly in the night, and he was coughing out blood.
It was scary because it seemed like he had been poisoned, and he's just a teen. He spent two weeks in the hospital, and my parents spent a lot of money to settle the hospital bills, which disorganised most of their plans too. But there was no worry because as long as there's life, there's always the opportunity to go after set goals.
During those days that he was in the hospital, my prayer to God was to save my brother because I can't imagine my family mourning at all. God did it, and he was healed.
Each time I remember that event and how he survived that sickness, I thank God always because He did it.
I treasure my family so much, and I'm always thankful to God for preserving them for me—for not allowing death to snatch any of them away from us. This may look as a casual thing but it means a lot to me.
