A tribute to my incredible grandmother.

Life has a way of revealing yourself to you as you just let it unfold. And the beautiful thing about it is, you realise you are not alone and navigating life all by yourself; you are the product of beauty and strength long ago forged in places unseen. I am blessed to be the product of Ezinne “ASA” C. U. Chime. A woman of God who set her foundation in Jesus and birthed nations, so beautiful and strong, God alone be glorified.

I thank Jesus for her faith, grandma held your hand and blessed you every time, and you knew you were blessed because she had cultivated such intimacy with the Lord that you knew God honoured her words. You felt it in her touch, oh her soft warm touch. So, when she spoke over you, you indeed were blessed.

I thank Jesus for her fashion sense, if I’m bold today about fashion, I saw my grandma carry herself in such graciousness, elegance, authority and presence, you couldn’t help but notice and appreciate.

I thank Jesus for her strength, mama did everything you thought a grandma shouldn’t do at her old age, she cooked, she cleaned, she arranged and re-arranged, she almost couldn’t be stopped. She did what she wanted to do; she was bold, and you knew it. I admired her very much for this. She raised exceptional men and women, mostly on her own, a reflection of her incredible strength. She lived each day with the grace and resilience that God lovingly placed within her.

She went to be with the lord in peace as she slept, the same peace that kept her all through her life and will keep us now and forever. God be praised for the life she lived and portrayed in Christ.

Rest now with the Lord my sweet grandma, till we see again on the day of our Lord, bye mama. I love you now and forever.