Daddy, I thank God for the childhood you gave me, as it was a very happy one and more importantly it laid the foundation for me to know the Lord Jesus, the Bible says "train up a child in the way they should grow and when they are old they will not depart from it". I thank God for the name you gave me because "a good name doeth better than riches", one that I can be proud of as a man and pass on to my children.
It is not going to be easy now that know that I will not be able to pick up the phone and hear "hello", in the distinct manner you always answer. Or that I will not get any more life stories or history lessons from you.
I always felt you had funny but old humour but I now find myself telling my own children my version of “Daddy” jokes. It was always interesting how you could interject humour in any situation not to make light of it but to bring out a moment for one to learn and remember.
The gift that I have of making friends and getting to know people, being able to appreciate and make them feel comfortable, I clearly inherited from you.
The Bible tells us that "to everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven, a time to be born and a time to die". So with a sad heart I accept that you have left us and though I may not be happy about it, I can only put faith in our Heavenly Father and know that irrespective of what we as mortals see, this was an appointment from Him.
Mr. Oshiomha Phillip Igbafe