Daddy, you were always you. From beginning to end. You believed in you strong, and you had confidence in you. You believed it took hard work, discipline and perseverance to be you. You were upright, you reached the pinnacle of your field of endeavour being you
So you taught, preached and inspired these attributes in everyone around you, or that came across you, so they could be them.
Therefore you impacted your family, your immediate and extended, your community, your state, your country, and beyond, your world, being you. Living your life to be you, to the utmost, always.
You loved you, so you loved dearly and impacted dearly without restrain, your family and everyone that came across you, believing they had the right to every opportunity life had, for them to be hard working, disciplined, upright and to persevere, so they could be them. So you gave of yourself, all of yourself, to everyone, for them to become them, you became their professor emeritus.
So much so that so many, even those we never knew while you were with us on this side of heaven came to us to be consoled on your passing, when we were the ones that actually needed to be consoled. Interesting
That was you. You were always you
On that day, you told me, Esi "don't stop praying," I did not stop
And I told you "I didn't come to Benin for this" but it was time... I miss you
Thank God, that for you, you rest until we meet to part no more
For this, I am grateful to God for you, Daddy
Pastor Esilama Anthony Igbafe