One of my big Bros in church once joked about me using my "my dad told me..." "my mum told me..." in some of my spoken word pieces.
The replay of his words later that day pulled smiles out of my face, and it always does whenever I remember them.
Let me tell you guys why I always use the words from my parents...
Proverbs 4:20 says... "My son, attend to my words..."
To begin with, my parents are my first teachers, pastors, name them, they are my first everything good after I was born.
My parents are two very different beings who found a common ground to deep root their feet.
My dad is a strong man, very analytical, detailed and picky, loves following procedures in doing thing. He is decisive and a great thinker.
My mum on the other hand is soft, prefers to take the heat for your sake, a praying machine, she does things how she dims right, she can sacrifice and love. Etc.
Funny enough, all these qualities and more I took after them. Some in bigger shades, while some in smaller shades. These are unconscious ways they communicate to me; and action they say speaks louder than words.
Over the years, I took it as a project to get enough wisdom from my dad, learn tradition and culture of our Igboland from him since I wasn't born in the east, and see Christianity from his own point of view as a way of life and not some religious practice.
And from my mum, learn to forgive and let go, pray- with the knowledge that this world is a war zone, she taught me how to give and sacrifice, how to be strong and smile when the tides are down, and above all, how to love unconditionally.
Together, they've taught me how to communicate because I can have a very long gist with either of them any day and time.
These and more are the reasons why I always make references to them or quote their words. They are great couples indeed. My one prayer to God for them is longevity of life. And to bless me and my siblings the more to spoil them.
