My Mum

My mum jetted into the country last week to visit us.Most people you will talk to will tell you about how the mum is a wonderful person.I will tell you why I think my mum is a wonderful person.When I was 9 years old my dad passed away.My dad like in many african cases brought home the bulk of the bread.So here my mum was alone with 4 kids to bring up and she was a government employee at the time.To add salt to the wound my mum was the first born in her family and her parents had also passed away.So she also had to take care of her youngest brothers and sisters, the youngest who was just a year older then me.What about the relatives on my dad's side?Well you know how most Africans are, during the funeral they all stand up and say how you can depend on them but after that you are on your own.My dad's sisters aka my aunt's never approved of my dad marrying my mum.But my mum did have help from some family friends like my dad's best friend who helped us to the extent of helping wind up cases from my dad's law firm after which he would only recoup the cost and give my mum the rest of the cash.Another paid for my big sister's to finish high school.Note that none of these people were of the same tribe as us,I guess that is why half of the time you'll hear me talking smack about tribe coz the fact that you speak the same language doesn't mean that those people have your best interests at heart.
Anyway with it being hard to survive as a widow.My mum put us through school, put up with our teenage madness and kept a roof over our heads.It also helped me grow up faster coz as the oldest boy in the house I had to learn to think on my feet as I was now my mum's right hand man.As for my aunt's who were rooting for us to fail, one of them even refused to give me a statement for the embassy when I was coming and the other refused to help me hook up a jobo at the U.N even though she is a senior there.Well what goes round comes round coz as for my aunt who refused with the statement, her daughter came here to states to do an MBA,spent her cash like it was goin out of fashion, didnt graduate so she just brought her back to nai to "work" for her; all her millions gone to waste.As for my other aunt she has been unable to get married and her daughter has had 2 abortions and is barely making it through college.What goes around comes around!When I go to my sister's place in ATL it will be the first time we will all be together as a family in 8 years.
So even though we do have our domes ( quarrels ) we are still tight.Let's all be grateful for the good mothers and fathers ( who are often overlooked ) that God has given us!