THE LIFE AND JOURNEY OF A GREAT MOTHER
Thursday, September 11th, 2008AUGUST 21, 2008… WHATS ON THIS DATE?
THIS IS THE DAY OUR BELOVED MOTHER LEAVE US FOR GOOD, THIS IS THE DAY WE’LL REMEMBER FOR LIFE, THAT ON THAT DAY SHE WAS TAKEN FROM US BY HER CREATOR, THAT IS ALSO THE DAY WHEN SHE ABANDONED US, NOT BECAUSE SHE NO LONGER LOVE US, NOT ALSO BECAUSE SHE NO LONGER NEEDS US, BUT SHE BADLY NEED TO REST… REST IN PEACE, EVEN WHEN SHE DONT WANT YET.
MY MOMS LIFE, JOURNEYS AND STRUGGLES WAS HARD BUT GREAT, WITH 3 CHILDRENS TO SUPPORT I HAVENT HEARD A COMPLAIN FROM HER REGARDING THE HARDSHIP OF RAISING US. IT WAS DURING MY EARLY AGE WHEN I NOTICED HOW HARD IT WAS BEING A TEACHER, LIKE HOW SHE USED TO BE. ON HER FIRST ASSIGNMENT AS A TEACHER SHE WAS ASSIGNED IN A REMOTE PLACE. BY 3 AM SHE NEEDS TO WAKE UP TO MAKE HER LESSON PLANS UNTIL 5 AM THEN LEAVE THE HOUSE ON HER WAY TO SCHOOL WITH MY DADS COMPANY TRAVELLING IN A RIVER BY BOAT FOR 2 HRS JUST TO GET TO THE SCHOOL WHERE SHE WAS TEACHING AND STAY THERE THE WHOLE WEEKDAYS. LIFE FOR HER I KNOW WAS HARD BUT SHE HAS NO REGRET. UNTILL SHE WAS ASSIGNED CLOSER TO HOME.
HER COURAGE IN GIVING US GOOD LIFE TO THE POINT THAT HER SALARY JUST PASS BY HER HANDS AND AFTERWARDS ALL GONE AS PAYMENT TO THE HILL OF DEBT SHE OWED JUST TO SEND US TO SCHOOL AND HAVE OUR TABLE ENUOGH FOOD TO SHARE DURING EVERY MEALS WAS AMAZING.
AS MY MOTHER, I SAW IN HER THE LOVE, CARE AND GUIDANCE EVERY CHILD NEEDS, FOR THEM TO FEEL THEY WERE IN GOOD HANDS AND NOT ABANDONED, FOR THEM TO FEEL THEY ARE IMPORTANT. SHE WAS A MOTHER WHO WILL HELP YOU WHEN YOU’RE IN NEED. SHE WAS A MOTHER WHO WILL FIGHT WITH YOU WHEN YOU’RE RIGHT AND IN TROUBLE, AND WILL NOT SIDE WITH YOU BUT WILL FUNISHED YOU INSTEAD WHEN SHE KNOWS YOU’RE WRONG. SHE WAS A MOTHER WHO WILL BRING HOME SOMETHING FOR HER CHILDREN IN EVERY OCCASION IF SHE GOT THE CHANCE. SHE WAS A MOTHER WHO WILL LOOK FOR HER CHILD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT COMES RAINS OR STORM WITH A TORCH JUST TO MAKE SURE OF THEIR SAFETY. SHE WILL STAY BY YOUR SIDE WHEN YOU’RE SICK AND FORGET ABOUT HER JOB JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE OK . BEING HER SON THAT WAS AWESOME.
ON HER STRUGLE AGAINST THE KILLER ILLNESS CALLED CANCER, I SAW A BRAVE MOTHER WHO REFUSED TO CONCEDE BUT INSTEAD FIGHT IT WITH HER HOPE AND PRAYERS. I SAW IN HER THE WILL TO LIVE LONGER IGNORING THE PAIN, SUFFERING AND HARDSHIP BUT TRUSTING STILL IN HER CREATOR ON DECIDING HER FATE. SHE NEVER ASK WHY IT HAPPENED TO HER. THE VERY SHORT BONDING WE HAD WHEN I LAST SAW HER ALIVE LAST JUNE WAS PAINFULL YET MEMORABLE. I SAW A SICK MOTHER WHOM I NEVER HEARD COMPLAINED ABOUT PAIN. I SAW A SICK MOTHER WHO STILL HAS THE GUTS TO SMILE AND LAUGH WITH US INSPITE OF THE PAIN AND THE FACT THAT SHE WAS VERY WEAK DURING THAT TIME. WHEN I TOLD HER SHE HAS TO GET WELL COZ HER BIRHTDAY IS NOT FAR, SHE TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY FOR IM GOIN TO SEE HER AGAIN. SHE WAS VERY POSITIVE ABOUT LIFE EVEN ON HER HARDEST DAYS. PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY I KNOW SHE WAS NOT READY TO GO AND LEAVE US, BUT SHE TRUST AND ACCEPT ALL GODS WISDOM. SHE’S ALSO WILLING TO GIVE BACK THE BORROWED LIFE SHE OWED TO HER CREATOR WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
NOW SHES GONE AND IT HURTS. NOW SHES GONE AND ITS SAD. GONE IS A MOTHER WHO KNOWS HOW TO UNDERSTAND OUR MISTAKE. GONE IS A MOTHER WHOS A GOOD PROVIDER. GONE IS A MOTHER WHO GAVE US LIFE. GONE IS A MOTHER WHO GAVE US SO MUCH LOVE AND CARE. GONE IS A MOTHER WHO TEACH US THE VALUE OF OTHERS LIFE. GONE IS A MOTHER WHO SHARES US HER JOY BUT NOT HER HARDSHIP. GONE IS A MOTHER WHO IS WELL LOVED BY HER CO TEACHERS AND FRIENDS. GONE IS A MOTHER WHO NEVER QUESTIONED OUR SHORT COMINGS. GONE IS THE MOTHER WE DEARLY LOVED. GONE IS THE BEST MOTHER WE ONLY HAD…
THANK YOU HOLY GOD FOR THE GREAT AND BLESSED LIFE YOU GAVE TO OUR MOTHER. MAY YOU GIVE US MORE STRENGTH AND GUIDANCE IN DEALING WITH THIS BIGGEST LOSS WE HAD. THANK YOU ALSO MOTHER FOR THE LIFE, LOVE, CARE AND EVERYTHING YOU’VE GIVEN US. REST ASSURED, WE YOUR CHILDREN WILL LIVE IN PEACE AND HARMONY. HOPING AND WISHING YOU’RE NOW WITH DAD AND YOUR CREATOR LIVING IN PEACE WITH YOUR 2ND LIFE IN HEAVEN. WE LOVE YOU AND WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU…
BY : JIMLEE CEMANES
SEPT 10, 2008
