THE YOUNG WIDOW.
By chayoma
i remember
when a friend of mine lost her young husband, it seemed she had
come to her own end. onyinye, got married, when she was in
her second year, at the university. her husband was a jand guy,
who just came back from canada, to get himself a wife. he fell in
love with onyinye & without wasting time, he rushed her to
the altar & they were married, pronto!
before she
got to her final year she gave birth to their first child, a baby
girl. her husband, uche got her a brand new car & a
palatable apartment, then he travelled back to his base,
with the assurance that when onyinye graduates, she will join him
over there, at canada. onyinye, was thankful that
GOD blessed her with such a man as uche for a
husband.
when
onyinye, was on her national service (NYSC), she
decided to visit her mother-in-law & beg her to come to lagos
with her to help her take care
of her daughter. the mother accepted & came, for
the time the mother-in- law was with her, it was all hell for
her, she thought she was doing the woman a favour by bringing her
to lagos & taking care of her, but she only succeeded in
bringing miseries into her life.
it continued
when she finished her primary assignment, till her husband came
back. uche's mother refused that her son will take his wife to
canada with him, there was a long fight because of that at the
end, uche was adament that he's taking his wife with him whether
the mother liked it or not & this didn't go down
well with his mother & she left for the village
angrily.
the
next thing that happened was that uche fell sick & never
recovered. he died & that was the beginning of onyinye's
suffering. she was sent out of her husband's house
& they took the car from her, her late
husband's family maltreated her & at the end took her
daughter from her, saying she's the only memory they have of
their son & told her to go back to her parents house, that
they don't need her anymore.
onyinye, at the moment is trying to come back to life as she
terms it & i want to use this medium to say to her that the
lord that gave her life will surely see her through & help
her to carry this cross & very soon, she shall smile
again & the laughter of victory shall be her
portion.
to all the widows out there, be courageous, no matter what you
are going through now, just know that the good lord will
never leave you lonely, HE shall always be by your side to
console & comfort you, in whatsoever you are passing
through.
BE
BRAVE! BE STRONG!! & BE HAPPY!!!.
NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT, IT SHALL SURELY GET BETTER
SOMEDAY!
