He was a very good man. He was her best friend. He was her pillar of support. He protected her from any harm. It was as bad as not wanting her to school outside Where he stays. She was his favorite. He wanted her to study banking and finance or accountancy but unfortunately the cruel hands of death snatched him from her before she could get into university. Life became so difficult that she had to settle for another course. Even on his sick bed, he was always praying for her and protected her. He planned her life for her, telling her that it's not yet time for her to die. When he died, it really created a vacuum. Like there is a part of her that is missing and she did not know how to fill it. No more coming home and there is someone to make a hot cup of tea for her. No one to advice and encourage her. She has never been close to her mother. Immediately he died, her mom called her and told her that she should remember that her dad is no more alive and no one can ever be like him to her so she should pick up her life and be her own father.
She has not been able to find someone to fill that vacuum. She tends to look for her dad in all the men that have come to date her. She has found it difficult to find that and it makes it difficult for her to have a relationship. Till he died, they shared the same bed. At the hospital, she knew her dad was going to die when the doctor said that he needed oxygen mask to stay alive. She just started crying even when the doctor said otherwise. It broke her heart when she went home and came back to meet her dad death. It was not a good experience because since then, she has been the one shouldering the responsibility of her whole family. Everybody felt his absence.
She said she wants to give me something to make me laugh: that her dad before he died told them that throughout his school days, he always came first position but after he died they were going through his papers and found his results and saw all fail. She was laughing when she said that. She said she believes it's the fact that he did not make it during his time, that he pushed them hard to make it and that strategy worked for them. He was a strict displinarian when it came to their education. Going through university was a tough job. She was not used to doing hard job but she had to resort to that when she had to go through university without her dad and no money. She had to grow up, she started doing menial jobs. She even worked at building sites just to go through school.
She is the only girl in the mist of 2 boys but she is more like the boy. She takes care of her aged mother and her two brothers with the little she gets with no help from anywhere. I am so proud of her because in the mist of it all she has seen herself through school, has a job and is still able to take care of her family and I believe that where her father is now, he will be very proud of her. Let all out there who had their father as their pillar of support suddenly snatched away by the cruel hands of death, know that you can make it if you believe.
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