2020-08-06 14:01:04 wrote:

Hetty, that’s my favourite, preferred and fond name for her, you truly came, you saw and you actually conquered. It’s not how long one lives on earth that matters but how well one is able to utilise the smallest space one occupies within one’s stay on earth. You lived so short a time on this effacing world and within the shortest time you etched your essence in millions’ minds and through the singular act touched lives. Your journey to eternity was peacefully, yes, I could attest to that. I stood there, watched and stared right into your eyes on that dark Tuesday, July 14 helplessly and painfully as you bade mother earth bye. For the first time ever since we knew ourselves that you would ignore me and turned deaf ears to series of frantic calls, I understood as you appeared to be hearkening to a higher call – the creator. The English playwright and literary icon, William Shakespeare may have been economical when he crafted this masterpiece, ‘when beggars die, there are no comets seen; the havens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.’ The entire sports community has been thrown into deep mourning and hysteria following your demise as they take turns to recount your numerous landmark achievements. William Shakespeare enthused, ‘his life was gentle, and the elements, so mixed in him, that nature might stand up and say to the world, ‘this was a man!’ May the hosts of heaven and creator receive your soul gracefully and grant you peace you so much desired even while on mother earth. Dearest sister, it has been tough, tougher to come to terms with the reality that you have departed from this sinful world, it’s more excruciating even now perhaps forever to say bye. Goodbye!!! - Humphrey Njoku