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Blessing Obasi, Aunty Kate , Tomike , Revelation and Gloria sat down to discuss how life have been, since they lost their mothers.
One thing all these ladies have in common?
They were raised by strict praying mothers.
Tomike said when her mother was alive , she felt covered by her prayers and struggled with going to church on sundays .
......because she always had events late into saturday nights, she struggled with waking up early to go to church.
But now , she goes to church on sunday and attends mid-week service . She would pray and annoint her door post.
She said when her mother passed , her pastor told her to take her prayer life more seriously , as her mother who covered up for her is no more.
Gloria ,is from a family of 3 , her mother died when she was 25 , so she assumed the role of nurturing her father and two younger brothers.
She never really grieved her mother , she did not want to grief to the point where her father will be consumed by sorrow and die .
Her mother died in 2021, she was 54 and battled sickle cell anemia for the most part of her life.
She died while battling sickle cell crisis.
Gloria said she always looked forward to sharing moments with her mother on her wedding day. Her mother lived a life of prayer. She will wake up at mid-night and find her mother praying over their heads .
Revelation, is an only child , a registered nurse and public health practitioner .
Glory said her mother was ill for a while ,but , she was hopeful she would survive .
The day her mother died , she came home and did not hear her mother's voice as she always stood by window upstairs chanting happy songs announcing her arrival.
The moment her mother saw her , she asked her to pack her hair. Those around her were shocked as she refused everyone from touching her hair , including her husband .
She insisted her mother be taken to the hospital , her mother did not want to go , but , when she pressed harder , she accepted.
Her mother died in the car at UITH car pack ,doctors were on strike and there was no light .
Revelation holds on to her mother's memories with Pap. Her mother loved Pap alot. She never lacks Pap in her fridge . When she misses her mother , she makes a large Bowl of Pap and dips two spoons like she is sharing the bowl of Pap with her mother.
For Aunty Kate , when she visited Calabar two years ago at christmas and did not go home to see her mother. Her mother's house in Calabar had been cleared and rented out.
When her mother was alive , whenever she was in Calabar, she went straight from the airport to her mother's house .
There was always a cooler of "mkpan kwoko" , (a local cross riverine staple made with water yam ) waiting for her.
Aunty Kate has an image of her mother in her home , when she leaves and returns home , she says "hello" to her.
Unlike the four ladies , who went through pre -emptive grief with their mothers .
Nothing prepared Blessing Nze for her mother's death. The woman was WELL a night before. Infact, they had a conversation between 12am-4am.
It was her husband ,who found her liveless in her room . She was about to Bath the new born , because she had pulled off his onesie when she slumped.
From what the doctor said, she was brought in dead & may have passed hours earlier going by her Eyes /pause.
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