Eulogy to Mum
Created by Adaeze one year agoI miss my mum... Our mum
Mama Ifeyinwa, Ofili na Adaeze
Our mum ... Victoria Chinyere Adophy née Nwankwo. Ada Enoch Nwankwo.
Mummy was a wonderful mother, daughter, sister, aunty, friend and individual. She was God centered and family focused. Her heart was big enough to hug the whole world. God was her first love, followed by her children, her family, friends, loved ones and the stranger when their paths crossed.
If mummy wasn't sitting in her favourite chair watching sports or EWTN, she was bent over in her prayer corner, on her knees praying and supplicating not just for her children and family but also on behalf of friends, their friends, their children and random strangers. She was a devoted woman of prayer. She loved God and the things of God. She was passionate to be in His service.
Mummy was a reader in church, a choir member and a Eucharistic minister of the Holy Communion. I cannot count how many times she would stay back in church just to clean the pews etc or leave the house to visit a neighbour, take communion to the housebound and companionship to the lonely .
Mummy was passionate about instilling value into young lives. One of my earliest memories was her as the head of the Girls Brigade Organisation in Asaba. She was a firm teacher, loving, fun and kind.
She was tireless and never short of ways to be of service to others. Service to humanity came naturally to her. She would walk, drive and travel distances just to support or be of assistance to another. I recall teasing her that some of these "older people" she would leave the comfort of her home to help with their shopping, or simply go over to keep company were in fact younger than herself.
Mummy kept her doors open to family, friends, friends' friends etc. Our friends knew they had a room, warm food and welcome in her home and would often visit to Aunty Chi with their family and children. With mummy, there was always room for more even if it meant her giving up her bed.
People would wonder why we left everything to take care of mum after her diagnosis. The answer is simple, she would have left everything to care for another at any given opportunity.
Mummy did not see her educational and material achievements as a thing of reference or reverence rather her love for God, family, friends, and humanity stood centre all of her life. Although simple in her approach to life, the reach of her impact and influence are indelible in the lives she touched.
I can't recall mum's connection with Zoology but she loved animals and pets were not absent in our home growing up. She would come home with puppies, kittens, dogs, cats, guinea pig, rabbits, a rescued squirrel and the odd chameleon which I kept as a child. Thankfully she drew the line at snakes and rodents.
Mum was legendary for her puff puff a Nigerian delicacy and pastry which she whips up in the twinkle of an eye. Her grandchildren can testify that her Jollof Rice, Ogbono and Okra soups were the best tasting any grandma could make.
Mummy was elegant, stylish, bold, vibrant and beautiful. She carried herself with class and grace. I remember stories of her first car a bright yellow Opel Cadet which she bought as a young woman in 1960, and then later as a mum with us her young children in her Orange Passat. Obviously mummy didn't do dull.
Mama Uwa! Mummybebe! Misisi'm. Mummy was exceptionally generous and positive. With her passing on to glory, she left us with memories, beautiful and inspirational, and a renewed understanding of the gift she was and the lives she touched. Mummy ran the good race and finished well. Her shoes were big, she walked with love and her legacy lives on!!
We are eternally grateful to God for the time He allowed us spend with you. We will never forget you and surely one day we will all meet to part no more.
I love you mum.
Mama Ifeyinwa, Ofili na Adaeze
Our mum ... Victoria Chinyere Adophy née Nwankwo. Ada Enoch Nwankwo.
Mummy was a wonderful mother, daughter, sister, aunty, friend and individual. She was God centered and family focused. Her heart was big enough to hug the whole world. God was her first love, followed by her children, her family, friends, loved ones and the stranger when their paths crossed.
If mummy wasn't sitting in her favourite chair watching sports or EWTN, she was bent over in her prayer corner, on her knees praying and supplicating not just for her children and family but also on behalf of friends, their friends, their children and random strangers. She was a devoted woman of prayer. She loved God and the things of God. She was passionate to be in His service.
Mummy was a reader in church, a choir member and a Eucharistic minister of the Holy Communion. I cannot count how many times she would stay back in church just to clean the pews etc or leave the house to visit a neighbour, take communion to the housebound and companionship to the lonely .
Mummy was passionate about instilling value into young lives. One of my earliest memories was her as the head of the Girls Brigade Organisation in Asaba. She was a firm teacher, loving, fun and kind.
She was tireless and never short of ways to be of service to others. Service to humanity came naturally to her. She would walk, drive and travel distances just to support or be of assistance to another. I recall teasing her that some of these "older people" she would leave the comfort of her home to help with their shopping, or simply go over to keep company were in fact younger than herself.
Mummy kept her doors open to family, friends, friends' friends etc. Our friends knew they had a room, warm food and welcome in her home and would often visit to Aunty Chi with their family and children. With mummy, there was always room for more even if it meant her giving up her bed.
People would wonder why we left everything to take care of mum after her diagnosis. The answer is simple, she would have left everything to care for another at any given opportunity.
Mummy did not see her educational and material achievements as a thing of reference or reverence rather her love for God, family, friends, and humanity stood centre all of her life. Although simple in her approach to life, the reach of her impact and influence are indelible in the lives she touched.
I can't recall mum's connection with Zoology but she loved animals and pets were not absent in our home growing up. She would come home with puppies, kittens, dogs, cats, guinea pig, rabbits, a rescued squirrel and the odd chameleon which I kept as a child. Thankfully she drew the line at snakes and rodents.
Mum was legendary for her puff puff a Nigerian delicacy and pastry which she whips up in the twinkle of an eye. Her grandchildren can testify that her Jollof Rice, Ogbono and Okra soups were the best tasting any grandma could make.
Mummy was elegant, stylish, bold, vibrant and beautiful. She carried herself with class and grace. I remember stories of her first car a bright yellow Opel Cadet which she bought as a young woman in 1960, and then later as a mum with us her young children in her Orange Passat. Obviously mummy didn't do dull.
Mama Uwa! Mummybebe! Misisi'm. Mummy was exceptionally generous and positive. With her passing on to glory, she left us with memories, beautiful and inspirational, and a renewed understanding of the gift she was and the lives she touched. Mummy ran the good race and finished well. Her shoes were big, she walked with love and her legacy lives on!!
We are eternally grateful to God for the time He allowed us spend with you. We will never forget you and surely one day we will all meet to part no more.
I love you mum.
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