My Parent's Wish Fulfilled
Joe is a young guy who has been looking for a child after he has been married to Folake. They have been married for twelve years now and have stayed without a child. Joe's parents got frustrated and told him to either leave his wife for another woman or.get himself a second wife.
Joe has been someone his parents love so much and does not joke with. His parents told him to give them a grandchild or children as they were ready to see their grandchildren before they leave this world happily. You should know that we are getting old and so, we must see our grandchildren before we join our ancestors. Joe's parents told Joe. Joe responded to his parents to please exercise patience. He told them that "God is the one who gives children but not human beings." So, please, mum and dad, be patient as it will soon be alright.
After a year of patience, Joe's parents told Joe to bring his wife to a place where they will perform some rituals so that she will get pregnant on time. She was fortified in a river and was given something that she will take daily. This was done and she was taking those things continuously until the medicine she was given was not finished. Folake was expecting to be pregnant but after some months, nothing and no sign was seen. Joe told her to stop thinking about not having a child that one day, God will answer their prayers.
One fateful day, Folake went to the church to pray when the pastor of the nearby church she went to told her that she will be pregnant with a boy in the next two months. The pastor told her not to let anyone know except his husband. The pastor also said to her "this is what my God told me to tell you. So, be expectant and also prayerful. Remember that I did not know you, but just saw you today coming to my church.
Four weeks after the pastor's vision, Joe's mother came again to the house forcing her son's wife out of the house. Joe could not say a word but told the wife to maintain as he can never allow her out of his house. Joe began to beg the mother to let her wife be as Folake is his wife and that she should not make the house uncomfortable for her. So, Folake began to cry bitterly and was about to leave when she immediately rushed to the bathroom vomiting. Her vomit sent a special message to Joe's mum with her experience with pregnant women. Joe's mum began to smile and rushed to Folake telling her she was so sorry. She was happy with what she saw which got Joe surprised. Joe began to have a deep thought about what could have made his mum have a second thought and again smiled after bragging about trying to send his wife away. What would my mum see for this sudden change? Joe asked himself.
So, it was a success as she went back home smiling but did not say a word to his son, Joe. She told her husband after getting home that they will be grandparents soon. Joe's dad was very elated for what he had heard.
After eight months, Folake gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. This made Joe's parents extra happy.
It is pleasant when the desires that have to do with the perpetuation of blood are fulfilled. In all cultures parents want to see their children reproduce but in some cases this custom produces extreme behavior. In this case psychological violence on a woman who cannot conceive.
Thanks for writing this story, with a happy ending for everyone @cool08
We are attentive and grateful for your comments on the other stories.
It is our duties as parents to see our children reproducing as this will be our joy.
Joe was a man of courage, he knew it that when it is the right time, his wife would conceive, he never let his guard down, his beliefs is what I love of him, his parents on the other hand went out of point, Tormenting Folake in that short while for not giving birth to a child was wrong, although I still understand them, as they really need to be called grandparents, it was a success at the end as good news surface.
Joe loves his wife to the brim and does not want anyone to drive his wife from him.
That is good to hear
The joy of every marriage is the baby especially for families who want go have them. So happy for folake
Bay is the joy and also one needs to have patience as baby can always come because God gives children.
At last, God answered Folake and Joe´s parent would be welcoming their grandchild or children. I don´t know what is wrong with some parents. They think couples are the one creating children, forgetting that it is God who makes children.
All what they wanted is just grandchildren.
Another excellent imaginitive fiction @cool08.
When you write up speech, one way is to enclose it with quotation marks, like:
Robert said, "I am home for a particular reason, I will be leaving soon."
Some writers put the speech in quote blocks. I use the quotation marks, myself, if I write something on that order, that was what was in the books I had growing up.
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I will always make the corrections. Thanks for been there.
This was what caught my attention first @cool08 and should be set like this:
"You should know that we are getting old and so, we must see our grandchildren before we join our ancestors," Joe's parents told Joe.
Then,
Joe responded to his parents, "please exercise patience."
And then:
He told them, "God is the one who gives children but not human beings, so please, mum and dad, be patient as it will soon be alright."
This is saying that one of your subjects is directly speaking to someone.
Be advised this is only a suggestion, but it is an accurate way of working speech into your stories correctly.
It's better to have grand children but making it by force is not the best as there is always God by ones sides
God can always intervene
It takes courage and patience to be that patient but at then end it was a happy ending.
Thanks for your comment.
I'm glad she was blessed. This reflects what is common in our Nigeria with women and grandchildren. 😂
Very common in Nigeria where grandparents would love to see their grandchildren grow.
I do wonder why happiness has to be located in others; Joe seemed to be the central character in your piece, but the complication and sequence of events were really surrounding his grandparents and wife.
Should Joe's parents have needed the grandchildren to be happy? Just a wondering, not a criticism.
This is common in Nigeria here where parents would love to see their grandchildren before they die.
I guess its a cultural insight; in the western world where birth rates are in decline, it's perhaps becoming a different social story. Anyhows, thanks for sharing a window into the culture. Tim