Re: Thank you all for your thoughts & prayers
 
Dear All,
Grandma was finally laid to rest on Tuesday at around 10.00am. She is survived by many children, grandchildren, and grand-grand children. 
I just wanted to take a moment to thank all those that called, sent us prayers in quietness, privately emailed, or even threaded in these forums, especially at a time when elections are at hand. The entire family was more encouraged and kept moving on progressively as a result of such support at home and abroad.  It was just the propeller and candlelight we needed to wipe our tears at least temporally.
One thing that certainly stands out –grandma was my true heroine among the many women and men I happen to meet in real life or read about. Certain things were just special about her in many ways. The way she conducted herself even in her mid-eighties always and the way she dealt with neighbors on a daily basis was just something that will never be matched.
 Until few years ago, she was also one of the traditional women of the village that assisted in the labor room to help mothers deliver babies. Even those of us that call her grandma will miss her; those many kids she delivered would have wished to see the traditional heroine that delivered them to life. 
During the years that my mother was alive, she had a unique and special relation with grandma. I recalled almost every dinner or lunch, either myself or my sister having to carry her share of food to her. She would in turn do the same. All her produce from the groundnut farm, rice fields and local gardens were all utilized by all of us. 
When I lost my mother in 1997, grandma continued her support for the family especially my dad. If there is anyone else that would miss her, it would be my father. She was equally more than a mother to him, for all the support, throughout the years. 
In a nutshell, here is a woman that makes me so proud. From Allah swt we are from and to Him we shall all return. I give thanks to that Allah who does things the way He wants. I humbly implore on Him to grant grandma a heavenly paradise alongside those rightly guided. 
Once again, thank you all ladies and gentlemen.  Your support is unique!
Yero
(On behalf of the entire family).


There is no god but Allah (SWT) and Muhammad (SAW) is His messenger. Fear and Worship only Allah alone!                                      

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