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HOW MUM TURNED ME INTO DOG FOR SURVIVAL
This is the woman who raised me. The age difference with my late father is about 30 years, that means dad married a very young girl. When my father was blind and very old, my mother was way younger. She always wanted to do some farming business for survival but she was incapacitated by her very old blind husband who needed her close care.
Being the last born Son, I was too close and had a privilege to ask her too many questions, including the foolish ones. So one day I said to her:
“why can’t we just go farming in deep rural where there is free land?” She looked at me and said; “believe me at this age no one is attracted to your father, not even me because he is now a burden but if I leave him in such a weak state, he may die earlier than his appointed time. I have a responsibility to ensure that he dies as a happy man otherwise, if his spirit won’t rest in peace, then you are all doomed.”
In many cases mum used to go around the village to pick some used charcoal from rich people’s compounds and she reused the same for cooking. I remember when there was no mealie meal she went at the nearby hummer meal workshop (Chigayo) to gather some dropped mealie meal which had been trumped upon and that night we ate the darkest Nsima I have never seen.
When asked by those who watched her, she always told them: “I keep chickens and dogs at home, I am going to prepare food for them,” she gave this answer to safeguard the little dignity for the CHIZUs but deep down my hopeless heart I knew that every time she said these words, I was one of those dogs and chickens she referred to.
At all costs my mother refused to turn into a beggar. Not from our richer members of the family and surely not even from the street well wishers.
Today the LORD showed me a scripture which made sense to me for this particular scenario:
Ecclesiastes 9:4 “Anyone who is among the living has hope —even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!” Unfwa! You may be no body today, living a life of dogs and those who live a life of Lions may even be laughing at you but as long as you are alive, there is surely hope that things will be better.
I grew up without anything to make me smile, but I pushed my space into a fair stability and I have made a covenant with this woman: No matter how little I get, an assigned potion of my salary will always be going into her account until the day she dies.
If you are my daughter or son in the LORD; you bring Tithes and unbroken offerings to me or Church but nothing goes to your parents, especially your mother, to hell with your cursed money. I refuse to be part of your misery; you can as well keep your tithes and offerings.
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I found love at 47, married at 48 & welcomed my precious baby boy before turning 50!
“I found love at 47, married at 48 & welcomed my precious baby boy before turning 50!
At 47, I met my loving husband, We married a year later. Then, at 49, I became pregnant, & just before my 50th birthday, our miracle son arrived. My story confirms the biblical promise: “Weeping may last for a night, but joy comes in the morning
God is never late; He’s always right on time for those who trust Him. He never disappoints. I’m living proof that with faith, miracles really do happen. To everyone waiting on God’s blessings, don’t lose hope! Congratulations to me, & congratulations to you, too for – you are next to be celebrated in Jesus’ name!”
-Ladunni Idow
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“My husband is a good man, but he’s not sweet in bed. It’s been 7yrs. But I don’t think I can continue this marriage anymore
I can’t tell him because I don’t want to hurt his feelings or damage his ego. Actually, a year after our marriage, I reconnected with my ex, whom I dated in secondary school. We didn’t break up; distance separated us, & our relationship eventually soured. We started seeing each other again, this has been going on for 6 yrs. Honestly, I only reunited with my ex to satisfy my sexual needs, He’s actually good in bed but later on, I realized I still love him & he truly loves me too.
However, leaving my husband is difficult & complicated. He’s been kind to me & my family. The thing us, When I met him, I had just lost my dad,. Life was challenging for us. But he helped my family, sponsoring my brother’s visa & trip to Canada, supporting my education, rented comfortable house for my mom, & started a business for her too. Thanks to him, I graduated & became a nurse.Truth is, I once genuinely loved him, but now sincerely, I’m with him out of pity.
I love my ex deeply & he’s the father of our 3 kids & we want to get married. I sincerely know that I’m doing wrong. But i honestly can’t help it. He’s a good man & my conscience is kllln me. It’s better i leave so he finds someone that genuinely loves him back. But i don’t know how. Pls help me. I need guidance – how do I make my husband understand all of this without hurting him? At 33, I deserve a fulfilling love life, including my sexual needs, which is obvious, I’ll never find with my husband. Pls i just don’t want to stay in marriage out of pity “
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This lady with mental health issues gave birth to twins very cute boys amazingly, she had no medical care for 9 months
This lady with mental health issues gave birth to twins very cute boys amazingly, she had no medical care for 9 months.
For almost a year, I’ve seen this woman on my way to work. Unlike other people with mental health issues who can be violent, she’s calm and friendly. When I discovered she was pregnant, I shed tears thinking someone might have taken advantage of her kindness. I worried about how she’d manage her pregnancy.
Every weekend, I brought her food and cleaned her living space, which was dirty and unhealthy. During pregnancy, she never saw a doctor. I feared complications due to her poor living conditions. But today, everyone was shocked when she delivered healthy twins. Truly, God is wonderful.”