Elderly people are one of the sweetest sets of people to have around you for many reasons, such as their care, tenderness, advice, and vast experience in various aspects of life that come in handy to guide you whenever they see you treading on the wrong path. I'm glad to have them around me, and tonight I'll be telling you about one of the dearest ones to me.
My grandmother used to be one of the people I loved most in the entire world before her. passing, and I took her like a mother because most of my childhood was spent with her, but after her passing, I'm still fortunate to have more elderly people around me, and today I'll be telling you about some of the trails I appreciate because of her.
So without further ado, in this post I'll be telling you about my mother's older sister, whom I held so dearly to my heart. This is a response to the HIVE Learner's Features prompt, and I hope you'll enjoy the read.
Madam Jacob Felicia is around the age of 70 thereafter, and I've been fortunate to know her and visit her after the passing of my grandmother. She happens to be my mother's elder sister, and one of the things that brought us much closer was the fact that the university I attended was like a stone's throw from her residence.
I wasn't sure of what to expect the very first time I was to meet her, but after the first encounter, I realized she's a loving person by nature who treats everyone with love, care, and chastening when necessary. After the first encounter, I always look forward to seeing her because I saw every moment spent around her as an opportunity to be brooded, learn, and be pampered like a baby.
But despite her loving and caring nature, which she's a natural at, she wouldn't shy away from correcting or chastising a child whenever he or she was wrong; in a nutshell, she doesn't condone bad attitudes or traits, and to stop you from indulging in such, she's ever ready to share her life experience to serve as a lesson and reason why you shouldn't or should do something.
WHAT I LEARNT FROM HER
One of the biggest lessons I learned from her was financial lesson, and it also has to do with trust. That fateful day, she called me into the living room and told me I'd help her go to the bank to deposit some money; she gave me a bunch of cash, saying, "Help me deposit this ₦50,000 into my account." I immediately collected the money and paper on which her account details were written, pocketed them, and was about to leave when she called me back.
She shook her head and asked me why I didn't count to confirm the amount she gave me before setting out to go to the bank. I laughed it off and said, "I trusted her, and there's no need for counting." Well, she insisted I count it, so I brought out the money and counted. After counting, I realized the money was short by ₦2,000 from the alleged ₦50,000, and that made me perplexed. In fact, I had to count everything over again to be sure it was truly not the amount she told me initially.
After that, she sat me down and schooled me in the need to always confirm anything I'm being given, and not say I wouldn't check because I believe the person can't lie; she told me there can even be a situation where the person miscalculated, and if I fail to cross-check before leaving, then it'll be hard to believe I'm not the one who took or misplaced the money by the time I realize.
I immediately understood her point and promise to change going forward, and when I thought that was all, she reminded me of the goods I sold the previous day to a pastor saying around us. I immediately remembered I didn't bother cross-checking the money because he said it's the exact amount I asked for, and then I realized that was one of the core purposes of the conversation, and I admire the way she teaches me rather than shouting like others would have.
That's about all on my experience with elderly people, and in this article I talked about my aunt. I hope you enjoyed the read. This was in response to the HIVE learners community prompt stated in Kronias' article; you can go through it to get more information.
NOTE: I make use of Quillbot grammar checker features to help correct some of my grammatical and punctuation errors after writing my content by myself.
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