LOST EXTENDED FAMILY
WHERE IS THE EXTENDED FAMILY? In the early hours of this morning, one of my nibling, walked up to me and said "I have a very important request; Can you please build a very big house, where my cousins, my grandma, my aunties and everybody will come and live with us? I want all of us to be living together. Th is my greatest wish in life. If you can do this for me, I will be the happiest person in the world". That got me thinking because this was the same kind of mind we had while growing up. We grew up loving to see people in a communal setting. Nothing gave us joy like seeing others around. Our parents had little to nothing, but our glow, strength and wealth was in relationships, especially families. The joy of holidays and celebrations still vibrate in my heart. We usually lose sleep to happiness during such seasons because, friends and relatives would be coming home. It was such a delight to see siblings, cousins, nieces, nephews, uncles, aunties, grannies, etc. We shared...