And so she died. On Wednesday, July 11, 2018, about 13.30 hours, my mother, Josephine Titi Ugbechie, breathed her last, hours after she was led to Christ by a battery of pastors, three of whom are children from her womb. She was buried on September 21 in a blaze of glory.
In my town, Ubulu-Uku, Delta State, September is not particularly a good time to hold outdoor events especially burials because of rain. This year has been exceptional as earlier predicted by the weatherman. It has been a year of unusual rain and floods across the country. Delta, being a littoral state, got its fair share. But to our surprise, God in His infinite mercy granted us fair weather, first during the Service of Songs on Thursday and during the internment on Friday. As soon as the body was lowered to earth, the rain broke through the fragile heavenly ligament and descended on earth with fury.
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