Life is short, or so they say. Live life. They did forget to mention that life is not a smooth journey but one that is peppered with sugar and spice, and sometimes with some others that ain't nice.
I just had an encounter. An acquaintance that was happily married for over a year, who just came back from their honeymoon, a Euro Trip, nonetheless and as God has it, bestowed her with a beautiful creation, a pregnancy. What an almost perfect journey.
Months and months, they waited for the arrival of their loved one. The apple of their eye. The heartbeat of their life. The result of a beautiful union between two souls. And after the many preparations and with much great anticipation from immediate families and friends, a beautiful daughter was born. Welcomed to the world with so much love.
Sadly, as life has it, in the days of the ladies' confinement, something happened. A suspected heart failure befall the newly-titled mother, just after ten days of birth. She lay dead on the bed, with the daughter on top. She was discovered by her own parents and dear husband was a little too late, to catch her, a fallen angel.
Trauma would be a minor word to describe what the families felt. A life was given but yet another was taken away, without so much of a notice. Not even any signs.
In the misery of others, I say a silent prayer. For I hope she will be in a better place. Away from all pain and darkness. My prayer, ladden with much sadness goes to the surviving husband and their precious daughter. To stay strong. Keep on looking forward and love, like you have never loved any other. A life has ended but another life has started. God is great, I'm sure there is a plan. Somewhere, out there. May we find a path to life that is blessed and loved.
From here, I learnt, life may end, for you and me, at the drop of a pin. No one knows what fate and destiny has for us. So, love like you have never loved before. Appreciate their presence when they are still here. Cos you might never know, when they stop being here.
Dear Acquaintance,
My heartfelt prayers are with you. May your soul be blessed and may you be in a better place.
Amin.
Love, Your Acquaintance
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