Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,151,574 members, 7,812,865 topics. Date: Monday, 29 April 2024 at 08:56 PM |
Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Romance / A Story Of Sacrifice And True Love.. (894 Views)
Check Out The 'box Of Sacrifice' Presented To A Couple On Their Wedding Day / 12 Commandments For A Successful, Lasting And True Relationship In 2016 / What Is The Difference Between LOVE And TRUE LOVE? (2) (3) (4)
A Story Of Sacrifice And True Love.. by MzDeeb(f): 2:28pm On Dec 30, 2015 |
In a continent like Africa where social welfare is lacking, your siblings,
family members and well wishers become your social welfare support
system.
One of such is Vincent Adeoba whose mum died when he was 4. His
dreams of becoming a graduate is fulfilled because of one woman
who
sacrificed her education for his. His sister, Morenike is his heroine!
Read Vincent Adeoba story as written on Facebook:
Losing my mum and dad at the age of 4 is the darkest moment of my
life. People don’t know why I am so passionate about quality
education
for every child and the inspiration behind the Sera Schools Initiative,
an NGO I run which is committed to helping indigent students in
public schools across the country. It is the woman in this picture. I
know she can’t read what I am writing here because she sacrificed
her own education for me but I am glad her children can and my
success today is her success. She is another Mother Theresa the
world is yet to celebrate but I will. She is the major heroine of my
success. She picked me up when everybody abandoned me.
Let me tell you little out of the many stories. May 9,1994 is a day I
will never forget, it is the darkest moment of my life. I was just four
years
old then and I woke up that day seeing people crying in our
compound. What happened? I didn’t know until I saw my mummy
lifeless
body being brought into the partially completed building we were
living then. Mummy died that day and it was like everything was over,
our
world collapsed unexpectedly. My dad had died earlier, death taking
my mum away again was like God decided to punish us for reason we
never knew.
Being the 2nd to the last born, I was abandoned with our last born
Gbemisola as family members came around to pick the matured ones
among us. Sister Morenike was just 19 then but she refused to follow
the person that came for her, she dropped out of school and started
working
to provide money for my grandma who was taking care of us then.
Grandma couldn’t live long, she couldn’t get over my mum death and
she too passed away.
Sister Morenike came back, she took me and my little sister who was
a year old then and took us to Akure. She was 20 by then. She
became my mother and that of my little sister. She put us in a lesson
which was where I received my first education since she could not
afford money to put us in a school. She told us that though she may
never go to school again
but that we will go and that she will do whatever she can to make us
educated.
Lovely sister though I was 5 years then, I can still remember how you
worked in a food canteen washing plates and many times you
always bring your food for us to eat.
After some months in the canteen you raised money and venture into
hawking small white beans that was common then to sustain us.
From there you moved to hawking Maggi when you discovered that
you could make more money there to feed us. You will hawk from
morning to night so as to have money to buy akara and garri which
was our best food then.
You later moved to Oja-Oba to start selling Okra and pepper and I
have to join you at the age of 7 to start hawking and it was in the
market under you that I learnt most of the things I know about
business today. I can remember how rain always beat us in the
market and how we always cry together anytime our sales proceed
got stolen.
You sacrificed everything for me and today I am a better person, at
least I am now a graduate and not an okra seller as many of my
mates then are still in Oja-Oba. I am shedding tears already I have to
stop here. Thank so much for beating me anytime you discovered I
didn’t go to school. The only assignment you could only do for me
while I was in primary school is
Yoruba but I am grateful you have once being my teacher.
Aunty “Meeke” was what I shortened your name Morenike to then
because I was used to calling your name from morning to night. I
cannot thank you enough. You became illiterate so that I can be
educated, you became poor so that I can be rich. You sacrificed
everything for me. I owe you so much even God know that.
Join me and celebrate another great heroine of my success Mrs.
Morenike Babalola and call her on this number 08140186935 on my
behalf to thank her for me and also celebrate with me with goodwill
call and messages on my number 08169126032.
I am not telling this story for comments or for likes. I don’t need
sympathy, I have overcome everything already even though the pains
has refused to go away but I know there are a lot people outside there
that are going through turbulent moments like I had gone through
and my story can ignite their hope. God doesn’t punish us with the
situations of our lives, He
only prepare us for the future with them.
If I can I do it, yes you too can, every child
deserve quality education. I am who I am today
because I have access to quality educatio 1 Like |
Re: A Story Of Sacrifice And True Love.. by BerryScott(f): 2:34pm On Dec 30, 2015 |
God bless her |
Re: A Story Of Sacrifice And True Love.. by Nobody: 4:20pm On Jan 01, 2016 |
BerryScott:Happy Birth Day. 1 Like |
Re: A Story Of Sacrifice And True Love.. by Nobody: 4:29pm On Jan 01, 2016 |
God bless her so much I wish to be that passionate God help me achieve that I never want to see any one suffer can't stand it 1 Like |
(1) (Reply)
When Goliath Died And His Younger Brother Inherited His Clothes / Ladie Pls Why Are You So Complicated? / Nairaland Romance Court: Help Break This Relationship
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 39 |