Today I was reminded of my mother and the memory was a refreshing one. One of my nieces and one of my cousins were in my company today and these two girls look exactly like my mother. The resemblance is really uncanny, but I love it because now it will be very easy to remember her because of these two girls who are her grand-daughter and gran-niece.
There personalities are quite different from hers but I am satisfied with just the resemblances. I still miss her so much. Tears still come to my eyes when I remember her, but I am still feeling assured that she is safe in the arms of Jesus.
I love animals very much, especially dogs, and she was was the one who taught me to love them. I remembered, when I was a child, she had a pig by the name of Gabby. Gabby was a pet to all the children in our house and the time came when one of my cousins butchered Gabby and I could not partake of that meat, neither could my mother. She also had a goat by the name of pet lamb. I am not quite sure what happen to pet lamb, but he was a spoilt goat. Each day he would come home from the field and walked up on the veranda like he was a person and my mother would rub his head. Pet lamb was such a pet!
We also had some dogs and every morning and night we had to make sure they get their food or else my mother would chastise us. Today, I have all kinds of animals around me because I got that trait from her, God bless her precious soul.
My cousin and niece will always be close to me because then I will feel as if my mother is near. May her soul continue to rest in peace.
