At My Strongest Moment

I lost my father back in 2014 when I was 16 years old. I was about to write a government exam which was to determine my movement to the next level. This was the time I became a man. I am the first child and son of a family 5. I currently leive with my siblings and widowed mother in Bamenda Cameroon. No one ever taught me I will become the family head so soon, No one ever said I have to be the next father of the house. Sad how it all turned out in the blink of an eye.

My exams were just around the corner for a week when my father left the us after a brief illness. I got this news on my way back from school on the 14th of April 2014. I have never lost someone so dear, I had to immediately accept what happened and assume immediate responsibilities for the better of the family. I had to look after my siblings and my mom ensuring they are ok even if am not. It is a tradition in Africa for all first children whether boys or girls to stand in for the family at all times, I realised my time had come.

As the days of the burial arrangements went by, I had to take out time to study even with all the burial plannings and noise. Certainly it was not an easy road. On days when I could not make it to school, my friends will leave school and bring me revision notes to the house, some will even dedicate some hours to lecture me at home. My teachers equally sent me work to assist me from home.

I am a man in no time, I am to understand all family responsibilities in no time. Yes, this was peak point in my life, a point where I no longer had the petting of a father, I needed to pet others instead and still be strong with no reluctance in all I had to do. I certainly succeeded because I accepted what had happened and soughted to move on. How good I was at all this still marvels my thinking,
how could I have been this stong in no time?. What spirit got into me?

My Mother Now

All arrangements proceeded and the burial when on successfully in my paternal village. Later which I returned and wrote my exams. I succeeded in flying colors and got promoted.
The family is doing great now and we are growing better. God is in control

We all want someone to be there for us, we all need a father and mother to guide our daily activities. They have seeen before us and should certainly lead us. Growing without one or both of them is not easy. But then we must accept our fate and move. I share this story to help boost the morals of those who loose theirs parents at tender ages and those whom responsibilities are given before they know their rights.

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