God Gives His Beloved Sleep...

 

                 CELEBRATING JAJA GIRL

You had so many names over the course of your life, a daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend, mentor and grandmother.

I can rightfully say you were in my life from when I was a baby and were a constant as I grew up.

When I heard the news of your passing I was so crashed … there are so many reasons why but mainly because I never in my wildest dream imagined you ever going away.

Why? You were so full of life, so warm, energetic, so industrious and on top of the next big thing.

You had a range of abilities but what will forever be memorable for me is how welcoming you were drawing in people from all walks of life and making them feel at home. It became hard for me to go by your street and not  branch off and say hello never worrying if I had another person tagging along because I knew you would embrace them and of course there was the bonus of your home always having a hearty meal thanks to your home making skills .

One of my fondest memories is how you run around at my friend's wedding hosted at your home making sure everything was in order, we joked later that you went the extra mile like it had been my very own wedding. That is just the kind of person you were.

You mothered and nurtured many fostering relations with your love and as I mourned you with the so many miles in between I was comforted in knowing that your home going was befitting for a queen as many came to celebrate your short life.

 

It's still very hard to rationalize why you are gone, but that it is the mystery of death.

You’re  going away has taught me that death is closer than we think , so we need to live each day like it is our last, celebrate waking up each day, love hard on the people in our lives and that there is no better time  than now to do what we plan for, for later.

I am comforted in the fact that you lived a rich life; you spread your wings and didn't let circumstances stand in your way. You used the work of your hands to the fullest and were able to see the fruits of your work, more so in the grandchildren who gave you a new name 'jaja girl' a name that encompasses all you were, sugar and spice and all things nice.

Yours was a magnificent existence and your going did sting but death is not the end for you live on through the many lives you touched.

Forever loved, Forever cherished, Never forgotten, Always there in the silence.