TEARS NOT SHED; THE LIGHTS 2

Having settled, my parents got comfortable and then they decided to take us to our home town. We never heard them mention that before, besides, whether our grandparents both paternal and maternal still lived was not known to us so we just believed our generation started yesterday.

They decided we make the visit during Christmas. We packed and off we went. It was fun though, but there is no place like home. We rounded up the visit. On getting home we discovered Tope had a swollen left leg. She was in serious pain but we took it for granted. Few days down the line the leg was so swollen she couldn’t walk.

We started the running to make the leg heal but before we knew it, everything escalated. It was time for her to resume school but she was unable to. That was the beginning of the unforeseen delay. The aspect I would bring out is; for the fact that she was the only one in the house that had to wait for things, now that she couldn’t walk, matters got worse. Her classmates made jest of her but my mom. Oh mummy! (crying) stood by her.

Mothers, please gather around and lets have these words of prayer; to every seed that came forth from your womb, non shall miss, and to every mothers running up and down on a child, the Lord will give your rest on them, peace be stilled. I won’t leave my dad out of this as well because he was there encouraging my mum.

The hot tears that dropped from my sisters eyes cannot be quantified because she had to stay alone at home in a position while we all went to school and my parents to their various places of work. She had no friends, she had no folks but the siblings were there all the way.

COMIC RELIEF

How many of you ganged up against your parents while growing up? Yo right? You are with me; Fantastic. My mum at a point had to start bribing me to be on her side because if any of us should err then we would rally round the person. There was this slag we used “iya ajoje lo maa n dun” (a joint punishment is enjoyable).

PAIN CONTINUED

 I could remember my sister said she would give anything to be like me because I had so much love showered on me. I wouldn’t know about you but for me, I received over one hundred letters from guys but I wasn’t ready for them, I was just too frivolous to be serious.

The leg got so swollen, there were complications. We were told the leg would be amputated.  God forbid! That was not what we bargained for. The light showed at the end of the tunnel when we met a doctor a day to the amputation and he performed the miracle with the help of God.

Tope was saved. As a bright student, she was able to meet up with her studies. Though she used crotches all the way but then things were better.

The core of the story is, Tope had the other side of life full of loneliness and rejection, while the rest of us had so much fun. It was time for her to move to higher institution and then another battle started. I wrote the same exam with her, my admission was fast and smooth; my younger brother did the same. I was already in part two second semester with my brother before my sister gained admission after so many disappointments.

It can only take the grace of God for men to wait for their time. It’s not every delay that is as a result of witches and wizards. The fact that people around us are having what we are struggling to have doesn’t mean we are forgotten or cursed. There is no late coming in destiny fulfillment as long as the fellow rests on God’s words

Tope became daunted and by that virtue she said a lot of discouraging things to herself, but along the line, faith surged up in her and she became encouraged. She started studying her bible and praying. What challenges me till now is, why we were busy with our lives, she interceded for us.

Tope, though you are not perfect but, I am blessed to have you as a sister.

Was she in any relationship? No; it was as if the guys were so blind. To those guys who preyed on naïve and innocent girls, you own fire is burning especially if you fail to repent. By the time she clocked twenty seven, she was all over herself with so much discouragement. While I was counting guys that came to me for relationship, she was counting less than zero. 

There was this brother in our church then that was pretending, he thought he could have his way with my sister but trust me, even if my sister could not fight for herself, I was there posing like mother hen. I made sure I drove all those never serious guys away from her, though she was angry at times but I stood my ground.

TESTIMONY OF IT ALL

With so much years of neglect and pain, she is the most celebrated of the sibling as she is now happily married with three kids (twins of recent). The woman no one wanted because she was strange is now married to a man who would never allow an ant to take a stroll on her.

You only need to see her now. I still have more to write but the testimony continues. As a virgin, she walked majestically into her marriage and for the love of her, I am blessed. Everything we achieved before her, she did and overtook us all. 

You might be walking slowly in your journey of life while others are flying but do you know that you are capable of overtaking them. There is always a pause for every man, some had theirs when they were young, some while they were in higher institution, some while they were trying to get a man to love them, some even got a man but marriage wasn’t surfacing. Or is yours all about having a child, having a desirable job and even breakthrough? There will be a pause but hold on.

Men are not created to have all at once, that is why the time for everyone is there to make things happen when it is right. Your purpose can never be compromised as long as you don’t give up. You might be poor now, but I want you to envisage that time of wealth coming your way one day too soon.

The pause is not a curse.

Story written by : omolarawrites

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