From grace to grace
Nothing could be done from stopping divine grace. When it’s time for it to happen it would always happen, and nothing could be an obstacle to that. No matter the condition we are in today, no matter the pain, no matter the difficulties we encounter, everything is to make us grow stronger and better. Great-minded people would always see themselves as aSEED, whenever a seed is buried deep into the soil it is not for it to rot away but while rotting away it gathers more strength to grow bigger and come out stronger.
Kelvin has always had the passion to be a singer and an instrumentalist right from his tender age. He would always love to go to church with his parents so he could pay attention to how they operate the musical instruments in relation to the choir as a band. His parents had thought he had much interest in prayers without knowing he rather had an alternative motive driving him towards the church on Sundays.
Everything was perfectly fine in the family, not until the demise of his mother after giving birth to her second child. The baby could survive but the mother was gone. This had brought a lot of thinking to her husband's heart. Who would have to be like a mother to the newly born child? Kelvin’s father would always question himself. The death of his wife destabilized him and made him see the definition of true love. He remembered their promise on their wedding day that they would love each other till the end and only death would do them apart. But it’s just 10 years into their marriage and she left him alone.
Kelvin was just ten years of age when the incident happened. He hardly knew much about life and was still a young boy with big dreams, but would those dreams come to reality after the death of his mother?. He realized her motherly love and care for him. His father gradually became a drunkard two years after his wife’s death. He couldn’t bear the pain especially when he took a look at Grace. She had the look of their mother but how cool would it be if she was raised by her mother.
Kelvin tried to grow stronger at age 10 while his sister was two. He already knew their home filled with honey had become so sour. They hardly feed three times a day and their father paid less attention to them only after he returned from the bar drunk.
Kelvin had to take his younger sister with him and wander around the street moving from one house to another requesting help. Some out of pity would give them foodstuffs and money while some would scold them for begging on the street at a young age. Years after years, Kelvin had been on the struggle with his sister always by his side. He would never let go of her as she also got used to him. From the little amount they got on the streets they tried enrolling themselves into a public school and after school, kelvin would go to his place of work while he told his sister to focus more on her studies. They did this for several years till Kelvin found his way into the higher institutions. It wasn’t an easy journey but they never gave up.
Kelvin applied for music but was given a different course of study. He didn’t forfeit the admission because he knew how hard it was to gather all they had to make it through. While he was in his second year at the university he was lucky to have got a handbill from his friend who knew his love for music and instruments. It was a musical competition organized by a high chief. Kelvin saw this as an opportunity to win the grand prize from the competition. He applied for the competition and told his sister about it. The requirement is to have a singer and instrumentalists. His sister volunteered to sing but she told him she would just give a trial and he would be one to compose the lyrics but she would sing. He agreed to her conditions and did as required while they prepared and practiced for several days before the D-day.
TO BE CONTINUED…
NB: THIS WROTE UP IS COMPLETELY FICTIONAL AND DOEST HAS ANY RELATIONSHIP TO A TRUE LIFE STORY.
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09:28am Tuesday, 4th January 2022.
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