Fela durotoye Pours out his Heart
Tuesday, June 05, 2012Omoba
Fela Durotoye
wrote.
Our hearts
write wt indescribable pain as we hear the personal stories of passengers on
board & their families. Most times comfort can b found in words. But on
rare occasions like this, comfort may not b found in words but perhaps only in
d sounds of silence.
The human angle of these events tell mind-bugling
stories such as that of Rev. Ayodeji Cole, d senior pastor of TREM Abuja who
was on board the ill-fated plane with his wife, leaving their 3 children
orphaned (d oldest;10 years old). I particularly feel this loss, as I also have
3 boys (and d oldest of my sons is also 10 years old). How do u tell these
little children that daddy and mummy are never coming back?
How do you
console the wife and daughter of the young, dynamic and ever-vibrant Pst. Akin
Olumodeji, who was one of my very best buddies in House on D Rock (D Refuge),
Abuja? Words fail me.
What do u say 2
d 3 year old son of Nadin Chidiak, a single mother whose son had spent the
weekend in my brother’s house. My brother and sister-in-law have been starring
at Nadin’s 3 year old son Bryan, with no clue as to how to break the news to him?
Not that he would understand anyway. He’s only 3!!!!
What do you say to Ndako, a young and brilliant man I recently met, who lost his mother, sister, brother-in-law,
their kids & nanny as they were flying down to Lagos for his wedding next
weekend? Hmm
How do u
console Titi Aikhomu, who lost her husbnd, Ehimen, my old-time buddy? How do u
console his parents (Admiral Augustus Aikhomu) who watched Ehimen battle and
overcome several crises as he grew up living with sickle cell.
What do you say to Rear Admiral Mike Aigbe who lost his wife, daughter and son-in-law in the
twinkle of an eye? How do u console the grand-mother who was patiently waiting
@home for her son, his wife & 3 children on-board?
What do I say
to Onyinye (nee Okwuofo),(a former member of Eden Unilag and 1 of d founding
beauty reps of Tara Orekelewa),who refuses 2 believe that her husband is gone, and
keeps dialing his phone, hoping he’ll pick..Cherish every moment….(Life is
Vanity)
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