Sunday, a day of reflection

Sunday, a day dedicated to be in God's house to listen to the message He has for us. A day to fellowship with fellow brethren. A day to seek and discover JESUS with other believers . A day to talk to God in his house together with fellow brethren. A day to receive strength and grace for the new week. All other day are special but Sunday is the generally accepted and also commonest day of the week to go to church.

But what Sunday will cause sorrow and pain? What Sunday is to cause separation.

This Sunday, December 2, 2009, was the day everything will turn around for the Ogunyemi's. This Sunday will be the day they'll be separated for a long time.

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"JESUS, you're my best friend and you'll always be and nothing will ever change it
JESUS, you're my best friend and you'll always be and nothing will ever change it." sang Tomisin as she bathed.

Tanya entered the room, and sighed

"Whenever this girl sings, she's always spending time in the bathroom" thought Tayo as she picked out Tomisin's clothes from her cupboard. But then she fell Tomisin's toy by accident and it came shattering into a million pieces.

"Jesus Christ!" exclaimed Tayo as she tried to control her breathing at the the same time shocked at her reaction

"Mungu achukue udhibiti" said Tayo in Swahili meaning God take control.

"Yesu, hii inamaanisha Nini?" continued Tayo in Swahili meaning Jesus, what does this mean.

"Mama, I'm done, see I'm clean and sparkly." said Tomisin as she ran out of the bathroom with her towel strapped across her chest.

Tayo came out of her shocked state to acknowledge her daughter.

"Yes, you are, my darling bunny." commented Tayo so as to forget what had happened earlier.

But then as she got her daughter dressed she thought about what happened earlier. Then she said a word of prayer.

"Jesus, Your will be done, Jesus, Your will be done" prayed Tanya continuously until Tomisin interrupted her with a question.

"Mum, what's wrong?" asked Tomisin with concern.

"Nothing dearie. I'm just shocked that's all." replied Tayo

"About?" asked Tomisin in a curious tone.

" Don't worry all will be well by God's grace, okay." reassured Tayo.

Then like a short flash of memory, Tayo remembered something. She remembered her father's dying words.

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"Tanya, I feel God has something special in store for your first born. Just have faith."

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Tayo hugged her daughter.

" Just know that I love you, there are so many strange things happening in this world but just find the good among them. And stick to it. And be among the rarest diamonds in this world. I truly love you." said Tayo quoting one of her father's word of wisdom.

"Mu.." said Tomisin but was cut short by her mum's shushing.

"I'm not done, Tomisin, you are you, never compare yourself to others, okay. Yes you look strange and beautiful, but remember you're God's wonderful creature. And don't forget to thank God for it, okay?"

" I love you so so much, but God has other plans for you. Don't ever doubt Him or question Him. Do you know what you should do when you feel like doing that?" asked Tayo anticipating a reply from her daughter.

Tomisin shook her head because she couldn't talk due to how fast the atmosphere had turned awkward.

" Tell yourself, it's an illusion from the devil. And say Get thou behind me Satan. I'll never doubt my God and Creator." said Tayo

"Now say it for me." requested Tayo.

Tomisin, still in shock of the sudden change in mood of her mum, kept quiet

"Say it." commanded Tayo in a pleading tone

Tomisin was taken aback by this and so she kept quiet for a while, looking at her mum's face. Then she saw what she was looking for in her mum's face.

A tear rolled down Tanya cheeks and Tomisin was quick to clean it before her mum did. Then she hugged her mum.

"I love you too, I know that God has plans for me and He loves me. You and Dad are the best parents ever." said Tomisin

Tayo waited for her daughter to say what she wanted her to say

And when she was about asking her to, Tomisin said it.

" It's an illusion, get thou behind me, satan. I'll never doubt my God."

Tayo smiled then released her daughter.

" That was strange right?" asked Tayo wiping her tears and chuckling.

Tomisin nodded her head

"Okay, let's move on, so do you like your dress?" asked Tayo

"Yes, I do and my hair and shoes." replied Tomisin grinning from ear to ear

"Thanks you Jesus." said Tomisin in a cute giggle.

Tayo smiled at her daughter and saw how blessed she was. Tomisin was indeed created for a special purpose.

"All children are blessed but not all are lucky enough to have good parents that will bless and prophesy good deeds into their lives. God help other parents to have an understanding of how special their children are." prayed Tayo.

"Mum why do my hair look like this, it's different from my classmates'?"
asked Tomisin.

Tayo was jerked back into reality by her daughter's question.

Tomisin was now standing in front of the mirror, opposite her bed, inspecting her strange hair.

"That's cos your gene is unique. I can't really explain the whole biology behind it but just know it started from your grandfather, he is a geneticist and he had always wanted a unique family. So he made sure we all married from different countries but I guess he dead before he even saw you or else he would be happy that his desire came into existence." answered Tayo.

" So I'm unique?" smiled Tomisin.

"Yup, you are." confirmed Tayo

"Okay, so can we go and eat now?" asked Tomisin not bothered about the new information she got about herself. She's a nine year old girl, life isn't hard, so why should she overthink.

"Of course." replied Tayo as she headed for the door.

Tomisin followed her mum and as they came down the stairs. They met a mad Anjola.

" Do what ever you want to do sir, but I'm not collecting your filthy money." said Anjola in anger, to his phone before cutting the call. Then he turn to see his wife and daughter standing at the stairway.

" Dad, what's going on?" asked Tomisin as she tried to get closer to him but was stopped by Tanya's grip.

" Let's go to the dinning baby, the food is ready." said Tanya trying to ease the atmosphere.

"Okay." replied Tomisin still looking at her dad. She had never in her life seen him this angry and all what she could do was consent to her mum's request.

Tanya led Tomisin to the dinning by her hand. When they got there, Tanya served Tomisin her food of custard and omelette. Which is by the way, Tomisin favourite breakfast.

After a few minutes of both mother and daughter eating alone in the dinning, father joined.

Anjola took his regular place on the four squared dinning, next to Tomisin

"Good morning sir." greeted Tomisin.

" Hey! dear, how are you?" replied Anjola as he opened his covered food and took a spoon beside the bowl.

" I'm fine, what about you?" answered Tomisin.

" I'm okay now." replied Anjola.

" Dad, what happened earlier?" asked Tomisin.

By this time Tanya looked at her husband.

Anjola sighed before replying, " It's an issue at work that's all. You might not understand it because you're too young." replied Anjola

" Dad, seriously, what's with this I'm too YOUNG to understand" said Tomisin stressing the Young and making a pout.

" Okay, maybe you're not too young to understand, the thing is that there's someone annoying your daddy and that person is very bad and mean." replied Anjola as he served himself.

" Really! who is he?" asked Tomisin.

"Popoola Daniel." replied Anjola bluntly as he took a spoon of his custard.

"Da..." said Tomisin about to ask further questions but was cut short by her mum.

" Tomisin, eat your food, it's going to get cold and you don't like cold food." replied her mum.

" Okay." said Tomisin.

Breakfast continued with silence.

Tomisin saw this breakfast moment as the weirdest one ever because ordinarily everyone is always laughing and chatting.

" Guess dad is not in the mood to say something funny"

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