The sad experience of loosing baby Regina.

As if the stress of traveling through a bad road and the thoughts of what rats would have done to my room in my absence was not enough, I returned to the village where I have to stay for a while feeling very weak and tired and just as I walked towards the back of the house, I noticed a little crowd gathered around baby Regina's house.

Regina is a cute baby who happens to be my friend, we are almost together everytime except when she is in school.
I moved close and I realized that she had collapsed and efforts were being made to restore her.
Her father shouted with a shaky voice as he held his daughter, look at your aunty, he said. I moved close and I held her hand, she held my hand in a firm way until she no longer had the strength and she released my hand.

Regina, Regina we all screamed, some began to pray but I guess it was late already because Regina was tired of struggling and she gave up.
People screamed, tears and wailing came in from different directions. Regina's mother started to run to an unknown direction and some people had to run after her.

Regina's father began to roll on the ground, screaming in pains and calling out his daughters name.
Fear gripped me and I had to run out of the room.
Regina's mother collapsed and there was even more commotion everywhere.

I was extremely terrified, I have never seen anything like that before, I could not sleep well, the night became extremely long.
I didn't even feel like doing or eating anything, the whole thing was just very sudden.

At this point now, I know that no amount of weeping, wailing or starving can wake Regina up, we all have to accept fate and continue with the struggles of life, bearing in mind that, we are all alive through grace.

Thank you for reading, see you around......I am tobi.