Aminah, my friend smiled last

I didn’t need a soothsayer to tell me Aminah had cried all night. Was it her swollen eyes that didn’t pass the message to me or her gloomy face?

It was Aminah’s husband that called me at the odd hours of the night. He had travelled and wasn’t at home; he pleaded with me to try as much as possible to be at their place the following morning; someone called her barren again. He said bitterly.

Aminah was a waiting mother for 11 years; she had been strong and carried on with her life, hoping Allah would answer her prayers on time.  Until some folks started calling her barren, Aminah was an online chef who shared recipes that she thought would be useful for her followers, but anytime any of the recipes didn’t sit well with them, they would go to her DM to call her all sorts of names. Some even went as far as telling her to divert all her energy into how she would have children, forgetting she was not Allah.

That morning, I didn’t bother to ask her why she was crying; all I did was to pacify her. I made sure she ate and slept before going to my home.

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A  month after, I visited her randomly as I always did and noticed the smile on my baby girl’s face was contagious, I could sense she was genuinely happy. Before I could ask her what was up she handed a paper to me, it was a doctor’s report that stated my friend was 5 weeks pregnant!!! IN THAT MOMENT, the only thing that kept coming out of my mouth was ALHAMDULILAH!!!!!..

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Aishat Agunbiade

I am Aishat Opeyemi Agunbiade, I was born and brought up in Ibadan. I am currently a civil engineering student in the University of Ibadan. I once worked as a sales representative at Adeyeye kiddies store, during the course of my stay there I was able to learn skills like communication skill, customer service .
I love asking question and reading self development novel.

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