Five books in memory of those who have passed at this time and for those left behind

G rief is one of the hardest parts of the human condition. The pain is often difficult to explain except you experienced it and healing takes time. In all of this, the grieving party keeps the memory of the deceased in their hearts forever. Those familiar with this column know I speak about my late parents every so often. It is because they are a fabric of who I am, my DNA and they are buried deep in my heart forever.

This also applies to siblings who have passed, a friend, an inlaw and the pain we feel when someone we do not even know passes especially at a difficult time like during a pandemic. But we also know that raw feeling is even more so, when the world is sitting under an unexpected Pandemic with no known cure. We watch daily as men and women fall under its terrible and I were commiserating with my adoptive brother-in-law, the very distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma-egba, whose wife, my sister and friend Amaka lost her mother. These losses grab you and set you thinking about the mystery of life and the importance of faith. In this pandemic, grief comes in a different hue because the pandemic has already made us all vulnerable and grief kind of takes the wind off our sail. Today, I commiserate with all those who have lost loved ones at a time like this. May you be comforted by the memory and beauty of your loved ones and may their souls rest in perfect peace Amen. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. Let me share the books that speak to me at this difficult time, to comfort and to hold our loved one’s legacy.