06/09/2026
I got married at the age of 30th years, three years after my graduation in the university, I met my wife at the university campus, she was very beautiful, hardworking and full of dreams. Three years later, we became husband and wife, I secured a banking job, shortly after, life smiled at me, I worked tirelessly, I gave my wife and children the best life I could afford, I sent my children to the best primary and secondary schools, nothing was too expensive for me when its comes to education. I paid school fees without complain, I sacrificed my comfort. I used every bonus, every savings, and opportunity for them
Some of my children studied abroad.
Today, they are doing well. one is a BANKER, one is a SURGEON and one is a PILOT. They all live outside the country now. I was proud, I thought I had SUCCEEDED as a father, but I made one mistake. A mistake I now live with everyday. I saved nothing for my Old age. I believed my children will be there for me, after All everything I had spent on them. Today, I am 75 years old living at village, my banking job is gone, strength is weak, my legs are shake when I walk, I now live alone in the village. When my wife is sick my children rush home, they took her abroad for treatment, they promised they will come back for me. that was years ago now. My wife is still there, living with them, cared for, surrounded by comfort.
And me, I sit outside my mude house every evening watching the sunset, Sometimes I hold my phone hopping it will ring. Sometimes days pass, weeks pass without a call. When I get sick, they only sent me money for treatment without knowing I want their attention. When Am hungry I endure it quietly. When the rain leaks through my roof, I shift my bed. At night, I ask myself painful questions: Did I raised children or strangers? Was I wrong to believe love would remember me? Why did I give everything and keep nothing for myself? The truth hurts more than loneliness. Children grow up, life moves on, promises fade. Not because they are wicked but because everyone became busy with their own lives. If you're a man reading this, please love your children, train them well , give them education but do not forget yourself. Save for your old age, prepare for tomorrow, Do not put your entire future in anyone's hands, not even your children's. Because, love is sweet but old age is long and loneliness is Lauder when you have no strength left.