My mother, a woman as delicate as the rose and as strong as the iroko tree passed away at exactly 3:00 AM Nigeria time on Thursday 11/03/2011 --- this is 9:00 PM CST, 11/02/2011 in the USA. I pray that God, the Merciful will grant her eternal resting place.
Below is my tribute to her:
A woman of peaceful resilience, who never once wore her pains on her face. She had unshakable sense of self worth, yes she knew who she was, she was a "Sosina", and she was Mrs. E.A Olusanya. She had a capacity for politeness that is not very common. A pillar of our family, delicate on the exterior, but very strong on the inside, a true "mama" Nurse to those high school children whose lives she touched. Before she was "mama" Nurse she was "Iye"/"Iya"/"Mama" 'Lolu. As a mother she gave no room for decadent indulgence, she disciplined in a manner that would cause the day of your wrong doing to be etched well into your memory. She gave all of herself to her husband. She was indeed a woman who knew what family is all about. She was above all my mother.
On Friday 11/4, my soon to be ex-wife called me, my daughter told her that my mother had passed. Her comments were expected and comforting. My mother really loved her and I made sure that she did till the very end because I said nothing to her about the coming divorce --- then she asked if I would take my youngest son to his end of season football game. My response; I will try.
ReplyDeleteSaturday 11/5: I truly wanted to take the little guy to his game, but I had a flat tire, I think I drove over a nail or something. I later learned that his coach took him to the game.