Hello everyone, hope you're all having a good day,I am really happy to be participating in this contest.
https://pixabay.com/photos/family-portrait-outdoor-fall-7584005/Whem I saw the topic I firstly asked some people their opinions and some said they would go back to when they were babies and when they were small, their reason is that they don't want to handle some of the responsibilities they have now.
As for me if I was given that opportunity I would grab it whole heartedly. Though I won't really change some of the things I did because I don't regret them but I will do more to make up for lost time.
I lost my mom few years back and before she passed I kept having this re-occuring dream (someone knocks at my door and when I answer I see a woman asking me to come home but I wave her off and close my door only for her to stand at my window staring at me). I did not know what the dream meant at the time but after she passed I stopped having the dream.
This picture is mine.
I did not grow with my parents or siblings so I don't know much about them but I cherished my mother, though she was far away from me I always thought about her and she on her part always called to check up on me and my son. She always told me she doesn't have money else she would have sent for me and I will tell her not to worry that I am supposed to be taking care of her, she doesn't give me money but her calls gives me joy.
As I did not grow up with my parents and siblings in the village I hated traveling home not that I did not want to see my family but the environment and vibes around there(the village) didn't let me go home, I am the kind of person that if my spirit doesn't like or go with something I always try to avoid that thing. My family always calls me and ask me to come home and I ignore except if my mom asks me and when I eventually go home I don't stay more than two to three days then I return, I was too busy trying to make money to make life comfortable for my parents and myself that I forgot to spend time with my family especially my mom.
She gives all of us nicknames and I can not forget mine(pole oku meaning electricity pole) and only her knows why she gave me such name but I like it. Whenever i travel back she will be like: onye obula bia nu ooo na pole oku nwa abata meaning everybody come oo because my electricity pole has landed😂. It gives her joy whenever I am around and no matter how tight things were at home, she will always find way to make me my favorite food that day(ofe aku and rice that is banga soup and rice).My heart shattered when I received call about her death.
So if I was given the opportunity to reduce my age or go back in time I will accept it and I will use my second chance to spend time with my loved ones especially my mom, I loved that woman more than anything and I can do anything for her.
I know it's not everyone that needs this but just a piece of advice: don't take family for granted, always create time for your family no matter how busy your schedule is try and squeeze in time for them. There is no love greater than that of family especially that of a mother.
