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Carelessness of Mothers
By Mariam Salisu
Carelessness as we all know is not paying enough attention to
whatever one is doing. We usually loss so many innocent souls due to
carelessness, especially our kids.
There is this friend of mine who just came from the United States of
America whose baby, a girl of 10 months jumped inside the swimming
pool while she was in the kitchen. She left the baby with her maid
at the back of the house.
At first, the maid thought the baby had gone to meet her mum. After
searching everywhere, they did not see her. At that point, it dawned
on them that she might have fallen into the pool. A search party was
organized and behold, her lifeless body was found in the pool.
Infact, the mother still nurses that guilt till today. She is always
blaming herself for her baby’s death. She is full of regrets. She
cannot come to terms with what happened.
Also, a woman selling akara by the roadside was careless enough to
allow her baby slip through her hands into the road where she was
crushed by a tanker. It was the scream by her neighbours that
initially jolted her. But she initially did not know it was her
baby. Can that kind of person ever get over the pain and guilt?
Indeed, many mothers go to bed without bothering about their
children’s whereabout. The child could pick razor or knife and cut
his or her hand and bleed to death or drink kerosene or some other
harmful substance.
Although death is natural, it is not the will of God that we should
die prematurely. The worse of such deaths is the one that happens
due to one’s carelessness. More often than not, children die
prematurely because some mothers are busy doing something else and
pay less attention to their children; such deaths leave a permanent
guilt either consciously or unconsciously.
It is, however, true that no matter how hard one tries, he or she
can never be too careful but the truth is that, one needs to be up
and doing in a bid to protect loved ones particularly, our children.
Mothers are therefore advised, to be vigilant and alive to their
duties as parents; that way, they will save themselves the pain of
guilt. These days, our children are a bit more agile and as such,
our eyes need to be on them at every moment. Afterall, it is because
of them that we are ‘living’.
Poem
The Girl Child
By Lilian Aborah
Like the green grass in a scourging sun
Like the flower in the evening
Like a green field of grains one day to be harvested.
Like the speed of a wild wind
Like the wave of an angry sea
Like the flame of the bush fire.
Like a moving star in the night
Like the fury of a pouring rain
Like the hands of the clock.
So you are baby girl
So plan with care baby girl
Do fly with speed in all good plans baby girl
In this life you have to live baby girl.
Diary of a Working Lady
Sweet Revenge (2)
This life. After all that I did for Sarah she stabbed me in the
back. I was waiting and thinking of unimaginable things I would do
to her when she comes back home. I will giver her the beating of her
life then send her packing. It took like years before she came home
the next day. Begging and blaming it on the devil.
So you have the guts to come back here. I treated you like a sister,
feed and cloth you and you pay me back this? I will never forgive
you”. Those were my words as soon as she stepped into my house. All
plans to throw her out failed. How could I? Where would she go to.
Why should I punish her for an offence committed by both of them. As
for Jack, I would deal with him my own way and time.
I gave her one-week to move out. Meanwhile I made things miserable
for her. Things took a different turn. I no longer relate with her
again- I made her feel unwanted. At a point, her presence became
irritating.
She eventually moves out. That was when my plan for vengeance
started. Yes no sinner will go unpunished. The evil that men do live
with them and not after them, as it used to be. I am waiting
patiently to strike.
The opportunity came a year later when Serah met a dashing young man
who fell head over heels in love with her. They were to get married
three months later that was when I decided to pay her back in her
own coin.
She came asking for forgiveness once again and later introduce Henry
to me. I pretended everything was over little did she know what I
had inj stock for her.
I was her wedding planner and this brought me and Henry closer. I
did everything humanly possible to make the wedding a success. Henry
saw in me a friend everyone desires. He became fond of me, it
developed into desired and we started making love. One day, when I
was supposed to be going through the quest list with Henry, we hit
it off again. Unknown to him, I sent a text to Serah asking her to
come immediately.
Her mood when she saw us is better imagined than experienced. She
was angry, mad, bitter yet she couldn’t express it – why? I would
tell Henry how she had once stabbed me at the back. She ran away
weeping uncontrollably. She experienced emotional breakdown for some
time of course the wedding was called off.
As for Jack, he asked for forginess I forgave him. The relationship
became stronger than before, the love he had for was more than what
I felt for him. When he became very committed, I broke his heart,
his pride and everything he cherishes. Next time, he will look
before leaping.
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