The Outrageous Step Grandmother

Life is full of ups and downs. Nobody knows who is who but you rather know yourself better than others. Most times, those that falls victim are the ones with a simple and transparent mindset that regards everyone in their cycle of life as either friends, family, colleagues or well wishers. Ironically, at times i do feel it's bad to be good to people that harms us but nevertheless, it's tell us more about what Life entails in it's virtual and realistic sense.

Though a wise quote i recently heard states that "there's nothing new under the sun." No one could ever believe that a grandmother could donate her beloved daughter to be sacrificed, despite the level of affection and intimacy between a mother and her daughter. This is indeed, Outrageous.

Mrs Eunice was a diligent, selfless and influential woman, working in the immigration service as one of the superior controlling officers. She was generally regarded in office as the term "iron lady" because she was a no nonsense person whose personality was more of choleric. She was a brave woman, religious and very committed to whatever task being given to her both at office and otherwise. To be candid, I learnt alot from her when she was alive both the mild and hard way because she was a disciplinarian to the core. Despite this, she gives honour to whom it is due (as her career entails), but at most times, she could be controversial.

I once remember the moment she was pregnant that she stamped an extremely hot oily fork on her step's son (Mr Fredrick's son) lower jaw, compelling him to tell her the truth of something he knew nothing about. I remember that moment she sent her step son on an errand to one of her friends living nearby (about 500m away) to collect a bottle juice drink, knowing fully well that her friend's compound are usually surrounded by wild police dogs. She never minded the outcome but decided to send her step son, Junior there who was later bitten and inflicted with severe injuries that landed him in an hospital where he had a caesarian section and was luckily restored back to life but with scars of dog bites all over his body.

Junior faced lots of mysterious situations in the hand of his step mother. He never had the leisure for rest. Mrs Eunice detests him so much that she never wants to set her eyes on him all because she taught he was the reason for her miscarriages. She made the home so unbearable for junior, starves the poor boy at intervals especially when ever Mr. Fredrick wasn't around. She even had the privilege to open a restaurant which was managed by her sales girl in her absence. She authorized the sale girl never to give Junior breakfast if any costumer haven't come to eat. With time, she further authorized the sales girl to give remnant meals of her customer to junior as breakfast to avoid food wastage. Isn't this Outrageous?

The poor boy was faced with lots of issues in life at his tender age of eight (8). He was tagged "a witchcraft" and later taken to various prayer mountains and valleys for deliverance of nothing he knew about. He was bitten, stripped naked and humiliated by Mrs. Eunice and yet, he claimed he was innocent. Mrs. Eunice compelled him to confess that he's the reason for her miscarriage (reason for this threat was to vindicate herself and make the poor boy take blames for her misdemeanor), the innocent boy insisted overly that he knew nothing about her miscarriages. She further made life so hard for Junior till he had no other option than to accept the blame of a mysterious crime he never committed. Ever-since then, Mr. Fredrick sees his innocent son as the major issue he had in his home. He gave a thought of terminating Junior's life but he later restrained from taken such a dangerous decision. So, in sorting for ways out of this issues he had to make consultations with diverse marriage counselors and psychologists who could be of help to the frustrating situations on ground. So he was advised to send Junior to his home town to stay with his mother (Junior's paternal grand mum), so he yielded and did as advised.

Two (2) years later, Mrs. Eunice became pregnant and gave birth to a bouncy baby girl followed by two baby boys within the space of three to five years later, then after this, a bigger tragedy set in on the fateful day of her baby's naming ceremony. She lost lots of blood and was rushed to the national hospital where was later declared dead. Not longer after the death of Late Mrs. Eunice, her immediate elder brother kicked the bucket followed by the first son of Mrs. Eunice eldest brother. The reality became more obvious that there is a strange power working against Mrs Eunice family members, but the question is what is the true cause of all these unfortunate incidents and who is supposed to be held responsible for such an ugly act?

Few months later, Mrs. Eunice mother (Junior's maternal step Grand mother) became very restless, took to her heels and ran out of her home groaning in severe pains as she started crying for help that she's being beaten by her late grandson "whom she used for ritual in their demonic kingdom". She further confessed she was the cause of her late daughter's miscarriages (i.e Late Mrs. Eunice) and the one who killed her biological son in her spiritual world. Now the issue became dawn on everyone that "Junior" was innocent. Mr. Fredrick later regret having treated his son in some unbearable ways.

Ever-since the demise of Mrs. Eunice, Junior took over the responsibility of fending for his step siblings and he never retaliated what to what late Mrs. Eunice did to him. He treated his step siblings with love and care and grew with them till they became an adult of today.

This lesson is a true definition of an outrageous experience Junior passed through within vsrious stages of his Life and i hope this will definitely be a lesson to us as well.

Below are the lessons I've learnt from this experience so far;

1. Be prayerful, patient, prepared and observant before making a choice of whom to marry.
2. Be moderate and never be too close to someone because you never can tell what is in their mind or what to expect from them.
3. Never maltreat a child or anyone you're privileged to nurture under your care today because you never know what tomorrow holds for you and them.
4. Never underestimate anyone in life because no knows tomorrow
5. Learn to balance life situations and never get yourself swallowed up in the middle
6. Always put yourself in people's situation before judging them.
7. Before you criticise or cast judgment on someone, carefully examine yourself to be sure you worth the act and check the other side of the situation to be sure the bearer is truly at fault.

Life is indeed, Outrageous and a mystery. Live each day of your life as if it were to be your last on Earth. Be good, shun evil and outrageous acts, love your neighbor the way you love yourself and be generous but with the sense of wisdom and moderation and see Life being the better and more desirable place you've ever look forward to be. Thank you

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