Chimamanda Adichie pays tribute to late mother

 

A couple of months ago, Chimamanda Adichie lost her mum to the cold hands of death.

Chimamanda who broke the news on her social media page could not hide her grief as she pens down the morning note.

Here is what she wrote;

How Does A Heart Break Twice?

How does a heartbreak twice?

To still be immersed in grief, barely breathing again, and then to be plunged callously back into a sorrow you cannot even articulate.”

The writer continued;

“How can my mother be gone forever, and so soon after my father?

My warm, loving, funny, kind, quick-witted, beautiful mother.

Unconditional supporter and cheerleader of her children, fun and funny, source of delicious sarcasm, style icon, so sharply observant she never missed a thing.

She made history as the first female registrar of the University of Nigeria.

She was a permanent board member of the Anambra State Basic Education Board ASUBEB.”

Read further;

“On Friday she was at work, in her ASUBEB office in Awka.

Her lovely assistant Mimi said she seemed a bit tired.

Still, back home after work, she walked the half-mile to St. Paul’s Church for Stations of the Cross.

On Saturday, she spent time in Louisa’s shop, outside the gate of our house in Abba, watching the cars and people on the dusty road.

On Sunday, her driver drove her to Mass.

Sunday evening she was unwell.

She was taken to a private hospital in Awka.

We were worried, but a few hours later, she was better, sitting up, eating rice.

On the phone I told her, “We love you, Mummy, try and rest.”

The mother of the foremost author, Chimamanda Adichie died several months after she lost her husband.

MuchTalksBlog gathered that Mrs Grace Ifeoma Adichie died suddenly on Monday, March 1, 2021, in Awka, Anambra State.