MY FATHER'S EULOGY
My father passed away On 18th August 2013. I am neither the oldest nor the youngest in our family but somehow I found myself thrust in the limelight on the passing of our father and ended up leading in the arrangements for his funeral. It may have something to do with my level of education or the trust my siblings had in me. I recently learnt that I am the 9th born out of the 17 surviving siblings – which means that I occupy the middle spot in terms of age. I did not know much of my father while growing up despite the fact we lived less than a kilometer apart. I grew up with my mother and she paid for everything for me from food, clothes to school fees. When I was about 20 yrs old, soon after joining the university, my father came and visited me at the university; it was the first and only visit I ever got from him while I was in school. I don’t remember talking a lot to him but he congratulated me and gave me a blanket. Despite the gap that existed between us, I was touched b...