Mum: Oya, go
and drink your 'sugar water' and give your brother his own
Me: Mummy,
why don't we take milo?
Mum: Because
'sugar water' is sweeter than milo
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(Boasting in
school during break)
Me: What did
you drink in the morning
Seun: Milo
Me: You're
not enjoying o. 'sugar water' is sweeter than milo
Seun: Is a lie
Me: Is my mummy that told me. You're calling
my mummy a liar. I won't play with you again
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Hahaha. How
gullible I was, but I was a child, I can be excused. Instead of my mother to
just confess that they didn't have money to buy milo, she would pour hot water
in our cups and put plenty sugar in it, and that was the ish then.lol
I don't
think anyone can ever replace one's mum. The sacrifices are just innumerable,
it just has to be by blood connection. We've had our ups and downs; not eaten 3
meals per day, slept in the car after being kicked out, slept in people's
houses, sold her things etc. She was there for my dad and us. Our
education never suffered in the midst of this, her and dad made sure of this.
At some point, she had a kiosk where she sold drinks, then her and dad used to
go from house to house, selling clothing materials and then still go for their
lecturing jobs and money was still never enough, probably because we were in
expensive schools, they never reduced the standard.
She's my
mother, sister, role model, and counselor. She thinks I'm too strong willed,
but then again, we have to remember who I look like....hehehe
My mum is
now the founder of one of the most prestigious schools in Kaduna, Nigeria (http://redemptionschools.org/),
she's a site engineer(I mean it), Events planner, Business woman (clothes,
books, etc.- She can sell anything), Motivational Speaker, Pastor and has a
passion for the singles and married.
We love her
so so much and I miss her. I wish I could be in Nigeria now. She's gonna be 50
years old on the 13th of November.Happy birthday dear mother. Iya ni wura
Please drop
your comments wishing her a happy birthday. Thanks guys
