GOING OVER
Mom had to be taken home of course. My aunts came over, i came to know, later the following day. None liked my mother. To them, my dad didn't deserve a woman of her kind for a wife. She was a witch who had cast a love spell to Harun Wanyonyi Wafula, my dad. My late grandma wasn't any different, she too wasn't enthusiastic about her son having such a young woman for a wife, mom was about 19 years old.
The journey from Kitale District Hospital was a silent one, my mom narrates. she further explains it as a silent one. How could they talk to a person they disliked that much? She never minded though.
This was on a Friday. My dad was to leave for job in Eldoret. He was a mechanic at Raiply woods company. This meant mum was to be left ll alone with me and little Moses. Grandpa was the only one mom thought she was to be left with. On Saturday morning dad left early for the bus stop, the struggle began. As it was approaching the end of the year, schools had to be closed. Students came back home for their December holidays. This was a sign, for my mom, that she had enough hands to help her nurse her new born children. She was indeed mistaken.
She and dad lived in a small hut which served as the traditional house for my dad soon after his initiation ceremony earlier in life. The room was made of mud and had a elephant grass for the roof. Mom wasn't mindful of this, marital life, she thought, began that way and hopefully changed later on. She couldn't cook for herself because Dad bought enough food for her and instructed his sibling s to prepare and have mom have her share each time this was done.
Life went on, mom had to train herself on how infants were to be handled. With her small education and lack of any of this understanding, this proved difficult. None came to her rescue. Granny only stopped by to ask how the I and Moses were adapting to our new environment and that was all. Mom was to go for her meal by herself because everyone was "busy". At times, she had to sleep on an hungry stomach because none had been left for her. Life proved hard. She had to Call for some assistance from one of her sisters. This bring in Aunt Nekesa and another lady I've forgotten into the picture. The two were of much assistance, their sincerity gave her a reason to live once more. Due to this mom thought that I and Little Moses were the reason she went through this. Plans to abandon us crept in.
Mom had to be taken home of course. My aunts came over, i came to know, later the following day. None liked my mother. To them, my dad didn't deserve a woman of her kind for a wife. She was a witch who had cast a love spell to Harun Wanyonyi Wafula, my dad. My late grandma wasn't any different, she too wasn't enthusiastic about her son having such a young woman for a wife, mom was about 19 years old.
The journey from Kitale District Hospital was a silent one, my mom narrates. she further explains it as a silent one. How could they talk to a person they disliked that much? She never minded though.
This was on a Friday. My dad was to leave for job in Eldoret. He was a mechanic at Raiply woods company. This meant mum was to be left ll alone with me and little Moses. Grandpa was the only one mom thought she was to be left with. On Saturday morning dad left early for the bus stop, the struggle began. As it was approaching the end of the year, schools had to be closed. Students came back home for their December holidays. This was a sign, for my mom, that she had enough hands to help her nurse her new born children. She was indeed mistaken.
She and dad lived in a small hut which served as the traditional house for my dad soon after his initiation ceremony earlier in life. The room was made of mud and had a elephant grass for the roof. Mom wasn't mindful of this, marital life, she thought, began that way and hopefully changed later on. She couldn't cook for herself because Dad bought enough food for her and instructed his sibling s to prepare and have mom have her share each time this was done.
Life went on, mom had to train herself on how infants were to be handled. With her small education and lack of any of this understanding, this proved difficult. None came to her rescue. Granny only stopped by to ask how the I and Moses were adapting to our new environment and that was all. Mom was to go for her meal by herself because everyone was "busy". At times, she had to sleep on an hungry stomach because none had been left for her. Life proved hard. She had to Call for some assistance from one of her sisters. This bring in Aunt Nekesa and another lady I've forgotten into the picture. The two were of much assistance, their sincerity gave her a reason to live once more. Due to this mom thought that I and Little Moses were the reason she went through this. Plans to abandon us crept in.
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