Married to Jacob

oman of faith and wouldn't have any harm come to you, we both had to make the tough decision of keeping you in our penury, we could barely afford a meal as the camp we were in was short of supplies

walk alone if she had to and would have no harm coming to you. I loved her even more for doggedness, never had i seen a strong

r proper care, your mother had developed some sort of post partum complications that weren't properly cared for, she was re-operated and discovered her womb was in a bad condition detrimental to her health and needed to be cut off, and that was how your mother's hope of having more babies after you was ended but she was so happy she had you and prayed for you to get well, the foundation tried all they could to keep you safe for three years until the war ended and we returned to the rubble

g a priest and had a private marriage, we began building our family from the scratch, we became farmers to make money to meet the need of our baby, we loved you so much and didn't want to loose you to lack. When you turned five, you had the greatest attack ever, we feared loosing you, the doctors recommended a transfusio

pe had changed from sickle cell to AS, it was an unexplainable miracle. Our joy knew no bound. Your mother and i agreed to keep all this a secret even when you were young and curious we didn't tell you until we felt the time would be right enough. We always kept you close to us for fear that you might have future attac

is tougher than you know, my father said with a pretentious smile sitting on his face. My father got up to leave and at the door, he turned to me and said don't call of the party, it would make your mother and i really happy, and no, your mother and i are not planning on attending, we are not 16 years anymore dearie, we have raised you well and we believe you are stronger than you know and capable of making great decisions on your own. He shut the door behind him and left for his room. I didn't know if to be happy or cry but i ended up crying at my stupidity earlier. I cried till i fell asleep, woke up at 2am hungry, i got up heading for the kitchen, There was baked cake and milk in the refrigerator, it was my favourite since i turned 10 and it had never been short of supply in our home. I had almost finish the meal but kept having a strange feeling that there was someone watching me and as i headed back to the kitchen to keep the dishes, my mother appeared from her room where she seem to have been spying on me from. She didn't look like

't tell for certain how long we would be away, if we get back early, i will be at your gate as always to pick you up but otherwise, you are on your own big girl said my dad in his usual humorous style. Enjoy your party, sweetheart, do not call off your super sweet sixteen party for any reason, i really want you to

ry bad about it and vowed that her children were never going to have to be deprived of it, we have a special savings to that, we had started saving up for it since you turned thirteen and we would like you to have it. Speak to your friends in school and draw up a plan an