MY TRIBUTE TO MUMMY LOVE Dear mum, Growing up under your care is one of life’s great blessings I have enjoyed all my life. Even though you are gone, the lessons you taught me continue to enrich my life. Mummy, you were the best mum ever (though I may be prejudiced). Your life was an exemplary one, worthy of emulation. Mum, you were an epitome of beauty, love, kindness, meekness, wisdom and uprightness. You execrated injustice and abhorred lies most especially. Mum, I admired you so much and I still do, I was always proud of you and loved to show you off to my friends. Our bond stirred up ‘’the green-eyed monster’’ in my friends especially each time I came home with them to find my meal already prepared and set on the table by you , which was contrary to what my friends experienced in their homes. Oh yea, you always knew how to spoil me, but never hesitated to use your whip and tongue-lash me whenever I erred. A disciplinarian you were, you had zero-tolerance for any form of misconduct. Growing up, the fear of you was actually the beginning of wisdom for me then. Mum, you were a woman coming from four-five generations before me, but you always knew what time it is. This included using all the latest slangs and lingos we young adults and teenagers use. Amongst other examples, I will never forget sometime ago when someone cracked you up, rather than laugh, to my greatest amazement, you literally said the word ‘’LOL’’. That kept me rolling on the floor and laughing my a** off all day. Your sense of humour was superb, I laugh real hard each time I remember some of your funny phrases and gesticulations. I would tease you, but you didn’t seem to care, you were always just catching your fun. Mum, you had this innate ability to attract both the young and the old. You loved everyone and took them as they were. You were young at heart, you were close to all our (your children) friends and gisted with us like we were age mates, even little children enjoyed your company and always rallied around you. Hmm, sometimes I wonder if this has to do with your date of birth, MAY 27 (Children’s day). Mum, you were so sweet and very meticulous, a woman of prestige, a giver, a helper, a woman of principles, an intellectual, a teacher, an avid reader, a jolly-good fellow and a mother to so many outside her biological children. Your gait was always full of grace and poise. You were never afraid to air your view on any matter regardless of whose ox is gored and above all, you were A STRONG WOMAN OF FAITH. OJIA 1! Yes, I see those smiles on your face as you always did each time I hailed you, to woo you back after I must have really gotten on your nerves (lol). Now that you are seated with The Father, you are in a better position to tell Him about me (wink). Thank you for being my mum, my sister, my friend and my boss. I love you and miss you sorely. Adieu mum. Rest in peace. Your Baby cum P.A. Uche-God Agbanusi (Daughter) Che Che Darling(as you fondly called me)