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Shortly after Sunday service, I rushed home from church leaving my grandmother and my uncle who had come to visit us in church to prepare brunch for us.
We settled for brunch because we missed breakfast from the excitement of having my uncle around, though he was an august visitor but his visitation comes with a lot of goodies.
Whenever uncle Tunde comes, he stocks our store food items,our freezer with proteins, our chiller with fruits and vegetables and shelves with provisions.
Grandma was chatting with him all morning while I was busy loading all the things he bought from his vehicle to the pantry then to their respective places.
That afternoon, I prepared a scrumptious pot of Egusi soup and fluffy Amala. When uncle Tunde and grandma got back they were welcomed with the meal and they enjoyed it.
After having their meal I cleared the table and cleaned up then went to join them in the sitting room, then the teasing began. Uncle Tunde said how time flies so Etiewe is now a big girl.
By that name, he was referring to me. Eti ewe was the name given to me during my childhood and the name does not seem to be going off anyone's mouth soon so all I could do was just smile as he spoke.
He reminded my grandma of some stories about my childhood before leaving late in the afternoon. When he was leaving, he gave me some cash as gift and advised me as an adult man would advise his own daughter in his word to me, he said Eti, don't alltany boy to mislead you into doing ungodly things that you will not be proud of and don't collect anything from any man, if you need anything at all call me and I will send it to you. All I could say was thank you sir.
After he had left, I asked my grandma, grandma, is it true that I used to like food a lot while growing up?. Grandma smiled then said you liked food to the extent that you passed out one day on our way to the farm because you missed dinner the previous night.
I also asked her if it was true that I was once a left hand user. She answered by saying you used your left hand for practically everything you do. I fear that men may be running from you when you become of age so I had to tie your left hand to the bed stand and make sure that you use your right hand for things like eating and picking stuff.
As she was talking, I looked beyond our present movement and traveled back in time and I could see the fear and pain in her eyes. That movement, I stood from my seat, gave her a big hug then knelt down and told her thank you grandma for all that you did and still doing for me.
Thanks for taking your time to read through, Yours truly 