Bless John
Chapter one
My name is Diamond Michael,I am from Akwa Ibom State.I was brought up by a single parent.
I am a Nurse,I have three siblings,all are boys.I’m the first child.
I’m basically a Nurse in Canada.It wasn’t easy for me.I’ve been through alot before achieving my goals.
Let’s not start here. Why don’t we go back to how it started!
I grew up to see my dad.But life wasn’t that easy for us. Dad was always very cold and harsh. He uses anything his hand come across to hit us(mom and I). Almost to the point of killing my mom.
I drop out of school at age 5. I helped mom at home, I had no hope of going back to school.
Due to how things were going badly.mom decided to take me and my siblings to my dad’s youngest sister. She was very nice to us. She took us as her own children. She had only two children.
My dad later joined us, making things bad again. But my aunt was always helping out.
Due to the fact that I was still home,aunt decided to enrolled me in one of the government school in Eket,but my dad kicks against it.At that point I lost hope of going back to school.
Chapter two
My mom left us, because my dad behavior was becoming worst. And that was another episode of our suffering. He took us to his place and stopped us from going to our aunt place, which we obeyed.
Caleb and Peters were my brothers,then our last brother wasn’t conceived yet .
We fed ourselves with unripe guava,apple and any fruits that comes out way,we walk from bushes to bushes in search of this fruits just to keep us alive.
One of my brother got ill,it was so disheartening to me, because at that time we had nobody to turn to, our own father never cared about us.(chuckle) He only gave my brother paracetamol, who does that to his own child!
My brother sickness became worst,we even feared he was going to die(tears). He couldn’t eat our normal fruits,we cried the whole of that day, praying for God to help save our brother (crying).
Surprisingly,we heard a bike’s horn outside our house and the horn wasn’t our dad’s own.we had to go out and check Guess who it was?!”our mom”, with tears in our eyes we rushed her with a hug, pouring out all our tears on her(crying).
We took her inside and told her everything,she was also in tears.
She brought us food and other necessary things we haven’t seen in a long time.we ate to our satisfaction. She assured us that she was staying till my brother recovers.we were so happy!Dad came back and met her,the was no problem.
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Chapter three
Things changed in the night,my second brother who was sick became stiff on bed(rigor setting in)his skin was dam,mom shouted out of fear,she applied hot balm on his eye and his whole body. I was ask to boil hot water,I did with tears in my eyes. Guess what my dad was doing at that moment.
“Smoking weed”.
You think it’s normal, cause I don’t think so I developed strong hatred for my dad.
Mom called my aunt (Dad’s youngest sister)cause she was staying close.but before then mom covered my brother with blanket to keep him warm ,since he began breathing again.
My aunt arrived quick,I was ask to check time and it was 2am .
Without wasting time,aunt carried my brother and rushed out and my mom followed ,the took him to the nearest hospital.
Chapter four
After that event ,mom decided to stay with us again,that’s when she got pregnant again and gave birth to our last brother,Kim.
Life was still rough with us.
Aunt died and everything became worst.due to that mom had to take us away from our dad, which was a relief to us.
Mom sold her valuable things, just to make me start school,she believed in me. I learnt life the hard way!
Mom didn’t have enough money to further me in secondary School,since my other siblings were in school too.
She had to send me to her eldest sister.
That’s where I stayed and finished my secondary education and tertiary.
I studied Nursing inorder to save life. My childhood experience taught me a big lesson in life.
Now I’m able to care for my family and others.
This is my life history…
About author
Blessing John Atanang is a girl who has talent in writing,but no one believes in her.she believes in herself that she can make it.
Miss Blessing John is a graduate of school of nursing.this is not her first story.she never had the chance to publish them. But with time she will.she has passion for non-fiction, horror, sci-fi,crime scence.stay tune to read more.
