Just like Yesterday...

Just like yesterday, we were running round and round the compound.
We played hide and seek... No joor its 'Ojuboju' and Police and Thief!
I usually played the 'Thief' and you the 'Police' with our little water guns.

I remember Mommy always sends you in after awhile, though we didn't understand why.
And yes, I remember days when we would all go for birthday parties and we were all dressed including you but you couldn't and you would cry and cry . But Mommy always said No with concerns and worries in her eyes.
Still I didn't understand...

And I remember looking at your huge box of drugs and how Mommy would tie your arms

 around her waist using her arms and breast to hold you down while they force down loads and loads of 'agbo' -that bitter local concoction down your throat. You would jerk and jerk just like the rest of us anyways..but yours was usually different and the gulping and pouring longer. And we would stand laughing at how you struggled.

Then we grew a little more older and I began to understand the reasons why you had to take in all of those medications and go in and out of hospitals and denied going out often and the series of pains and aches.

You were so strong and determined all along and You fought so hard to live for you, Daddy, and the rest of us.
Ooh Tayo, you fought so hard and I remember seeing you read out late under the street light with your friends at night for a semester's exam even though you had just come out of a crisis as it was written all over you.

You struggled to be accepted and seen normal though the pain always had a way of making the world know it.

Hmmmn... Its a year and it still feels like yesterday. I miss you more at Christmas!
We all celebrate your bravery and miss your smile even in pain...

Continue to Rest in your Father's arms...We love you but he loves you more!

Know your Genotype today and help save more gentle souls from trauma and pain.