....Empty Plans.....

The shrill alarm sounds on the stairs. The children would be dragging themselves out of bed. There was a play taking place later this week and they had been practising very hard for it.

7:15am

«Hurry, you'll miss your school bus » Grabbing their lunch packs, I shoved it at them giving them hasty kisses on their foreheads as they rushed to get to the honking bus.

«Goodbye Mum. See you after school» they said as they rushed out of the door.

9:45am

The shrill sound of the phone and its constant vibrating made me sigh. People don't give up even when you ignore them.

«Hello» I said into the mouthpiece ...

«Mrs. Doris, could you please come over to Western Br0oke school, there's been an accident».....

The events there after were a blur...

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There's no way to explain the terror that grips one's heart when you are confronted with the possibility that you might lose someone close to your heart. Nothing can console  you when you finally discover that you have lost a loved one: a wife, a child, a spouse, a parent, a friend.

You can scream and rant at the injustice of it all, throw your anger at the world for taking away someone so precious to your heart but when the cold reality of your loss sets in, you can only feel empty.

Recently 10 students were killed in car crash at Itori Grammar School Ogun state Nigeria. Yesterday, 20 students lost their lives to a crazed shooter in the United states. No one is ever prepared for the loss of a loved one...you only have memories to hold on to.

We at Pulse.com.ng share the pain of the families who lost children at the Ogun state crash and the Sandy Hook Elementary school shoot out. We pray that God gives you the strength to bear the loss.