I don't believe it, looking back, from a wedding the other day to being a mother... Its a joyous feeling and one that makes me think i have got a different life now, one that says i am no longer my own, in marriage or alone as a spinster, but I've added another bundle of joy who loves me, trusts me and depends on me (well for now that is...lol).
His name means "full of goodness", he is always happy and mischievous (i know who he got that from... lool) but he has other names as well particularly one name after my mother who died just before he was born.
Tribute to Mrs Maduagwu 1954-2015:
Its a tradition in Africa to name a child after some one or something and sometimes its called "reincarnation". Andrew Rooke in his article in 1980 said that "In many religions and philosophies, this connecting stream has been expressed in terms of a constant ebb and flow of manifestation — "birth" in one world being "death" in the other — with the consciousness principle continuing eternally". I was named after my grand mother on my mums side who i never met, and according to my relatives i behave in some ways similar to her and what she did, but my dad says the same about his late older sister...hahaha.
But really i named my son after my mother in memory, as she was the best mother. She was tough yet supportive. And would always be missed.
Its such a thing called life that we pass through and forget about people in front of us, beside us, behind us, we are so "engaged" we don't see them. We assume they'll always be there and in no time, the candle goes out. Astrid Alauda said "Time is the only thief you cannot get justices against", and as soon as you hit the "age of sensibility" we must try to do our best, be the best and help the rest.
You see this because you can read this, but how many others are able to? We must remember those who are less fortunate, we must give a little more and expect nothing in return, because life is what it is- soon runs its course. So lets have a little more courage, go skydiving if you've never done it and you can afford it, and you're above 18!
Enjoy your marriage relationships or other to the fullest because they wont always be there!
Give what you can, to people who need it and don't stop!
Teach your children all you can as soon as you can and let them choose who they become!
With life comes unpleasantries, try to forget them, be happy and be strong
It is Stephanee Killen who said that “Life is the best teacher, just as it is. It is the toughest teacher. It won’t tolerate slothfulness for long. It’s always throwing some difficult problem your way and then seeing what you will do with it.”
So go with the flow, for you don't want to wake up and you're 90, without a life.
