Vibes Week 12!
It was my birthday on Tuesday (28/05), and I was hoping to do a fun song or something bright and bubbly. Alas, thanks to @jessicaossom and Team Pain 😂😂. This is a long write-up, and I hope you make it to the end.
The last time we had a family picture was on my 8th birthday. Since then, everyone has been busy with their personal lives. One of my siblings relocated to the Netherlands, which made getting together even more difficult. However, everyone was home this time, and I had to appeal to my friends to help with my duties so I could make the family trip to my hometown. Thank God for good friends.
Highlights
I had no muse for the theme this week and was going to try a really sad Scottish folk song (so we could all cry together), but the morning after my birthday, we received news of my only grandparent’s passing. It was not a sad event, though I was pained. She was just a few minutes away, and I didn’t get to see her one last time before she passed.
My grandma was estimated to be 112 years old at the time of her death (there’s strong speculation she was older), so her passing didn’t come as a shock. I was listening to this song the morning she passed, and it really got me thinking.
My grandmother was a sweet woman, though we weren’t very close due to distance. However, there were times she’d fake illness just so my mom could rush down to see her, though we all knew she was agile and very active in her old age.
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There were times she’d call us and ask us to pray so she could die already. On several occasions, she’d dress herself up whenever she felt weird, expecting death to come for her (never caught unfresh hehehe). When nothing happened, she’d narrate all these to us herself. I blamed all this on a lack of peer pressure as she was famously the oldest in a number of neighboring villages, until she passed.
When I heard this song the morning of her demise, it made me wonder if that was how she felt. I was reminded of her life. My mother is the only surviving child of my grandmother’s five children. It made me wonder if old age gave her so much time on her hands that it brought back the pain of losing children and some grandchildren. I wonder if she faked those illnesses because she felt alone in the world and needed someone to hold onto. I wondered if her failing system made her feel unimportant here. I even wondered if she ever played dead because I know she has had her things in order for a long time, even before her system started to fail her recently.
All in all, I’m grateful she passed easily and that she knew the Lord. I hope she gets as much peer pressure as she wants in the bosom of the Lord.
Well, well, thanks for making it this far. God rest the soul of my darling grandma, and cheers to my 13 years and the additional yearss of experience gained 🥂.
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Oh myyyy🥺❤️🔥
Uyiii 😍🤗❤️
Haha your grandma seem very fun when she was alive, may her soul rest in peace.
Happy belated birthday to you Sekan, may you continue to grow in all areas of your life especially in voice hehe.
This song is my favourite from Aurora and you sang it so beautifully as usual. Good luck in the contest!
Oh yeah she was. Amen amen. Thank you dear Merit 🤗.
That makes two of us, I enjoy Aurora’s music very much. Thank you dearest 🤗❤️
My wishes for you this new age is that you soar just higher and higher in creative ideas of invaluable reform and good health.
Your grandma waxed so strong in health, may her soul rest right.
Your presentation is extremely beautiful and its just so transitional, definitely a transition from pain to relieve. And need i remind you that it also saturated the mind with gladness, ofcourse u allowed your name flow in the song. Keep shining gurl...
Hmm.. I like your perspective Dave, it’s enlightening. Amenn. Thank you for the prayers and your kindness friend 🤗❤️
Aww🥺❤️
Beautiful performance🤗.
Cheers to a fresh year, and hope you had a good time with your family. To your grandma, May her jolly soul rest in perfect peace.
🥂 It was the best time I had in a long while actually. Thank you so much Bobby 🤗❤️
So amazing 🤩. I really enjoy watching you perform, I love your diction and intonation. It's crisp clear. Everything nice, Rest in power Grandma Sekani 🤍.
Thank youu my friend 😊.
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I bet your grandmother was a truly special woman, so gracious and a source of inspiration and of great wealth of knowledge and love
This was such a touching and heart reaching entry, your voice is so enveloping and carries me away in the musical moments you create
You bring honor and justice to her memory, her outer and inner beauty exists and lives on through you...
-@Verbal-D Gospel Musician/Rapper/Singer/Songwriter & Official Vibes Judge
She was all that and amazing. Thank you so much @verbal-d, I’m also glad you enjoyed my entry, I had to put in extra effort to make it happen due to my trip. Thanks again 😊
Sekani, a happy belated birthday to you dear🎉🎉🎉
You sang this song so well that I had to listen to it over and over again.
I pray your grandma rest in perfect peace and find solace in the blossom of our Lord Jesus.
I'm Very emotional right now, let me run away before I cry.
Much love🥰
Hey you! It's good to see you here finally! Amen amen. Thank youu. Aww, I’m glad you enjoyed my presentation 🤭. 😂😂 glad to see you’re still Choseiin. Thank youuu
Happy birthday in arrears my darling 🥰.
So sorry for your loss too, but I’m glad your grandma died without giving you hrs so much worries. May her beautiful soul rest in peace 🤍.
I’ve heard runaway so many times and I always enjoy listening to it and this was another lovely piece because I enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed the original one. Thank God you had this song on play and it end up becoming your pick, I love it 🥹.
My sweetheart 🤗❤️. Thank youuu. Yeah, it was a relief to everyone that she didn’t have to suffer before passing. Amenn.
Awww, we should be grateful to Team Pain then since they made this happen hehe. I’m grateful for you and I appreciate your kindness Hope dear, thank you 🤗❤️
Yeah, your grandma deserves a good rest now, she has tried 🥰.
Team pain did it indeed, hehe. It’s always a pleasure stopping by dear 🥰
Happy belated birthday to you sis.
May her soul continue to rest in peace.
This is one song I love listening to, maybe because how the artist sang it.
What I like about this song and how you covered it is how your voice texture fits it so well.
I haven't heard a piano cover before, so yours is the first I'm listening to and it is really lovely....Well done sis.
Thank youuu sis ❤️. A sweetheart sent this song to me a couple of years ago and I never tire of listening to the song. It’s a beautiful piece. There’s an original piano version, I discovered while making this also.
I’m glad you enjoyed my version, thank you so much 🤗❤️
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Gladddddd... you don't cease to wow me.
Sorry for your loss. Should I say sorry? Accept my hugs, dear Glad...
Your grandma was such a funny person, maybe being funny made her live that long.
Your cover is so beautiful. Clear and beautiful tone. I enjoyed every bit of it.
Vik darling. Hugs received! Oh yeah she was, perhaps her wits was what the world couldn’t let go of, she was a jolly good soul.
Thank you for your kind words sweet, I’m happy you enjoyed listening to this one and I truly appreciate you 🥰🤗❤️
Yes, I had to listen to it again, and I was just mouthing wow, 👌
Perfecto, Gladdddddddddddd 🥰
I'm already seeing you as the winner for the week. I really felt the song
........oh my🥺😢
You flatter me 😊. Thank you so much friend, for visiting and for making me smile with your kind words.
Beautyfull Song, happy brithday btw haha 💌
Thank you very much friend 😊❤️
Best of luck this week ✔️✔️✔️
Wow, bravo!!! this is so beautiful ❤️
Thank you very much @pricelessudy 😊❤️
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Oh my 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
🥲🥲🥲🥲 Thanks for contributing to the tears this week dear ❤️😂, hugs
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Your grandmother was a sweet woman, and she wanted death. And I guess it may have taken her when she didn't expect it. May be painful that she's gone but we should be happy for her that she lived a really long life.
You sang really beautiful🌹.
I think she must’ve known it was close, thank God for ease though. Thank you so much Gifted.
Good God!
This is beyond beautiful Gladness🥺
May Grandma continue to rest in peace and jolly with the angels.
I wish you a belated happy birthday as well boo
Ten ten 🥰🤗. Amen amen. Thank you so much sweet ❤️
Grandma was a badass 😎.May her soul rest in perfect peace. I bet she's having a fun time with the angels right now!
😂 that’s a way to put it. I hope she is. Thanks baby 🤗❤️
Happy birthday belated beautiful ❤️. Cheers to #13
What!! Your grandma was really a drama Queen 😂. I'm sure she's happy in heaven, may her soul rest in peace. This is definitely a celebration of a life well spent.
So this is the song that my younger sis has been disturbing my ears with for so long 😩. I love it🥹, you did justice to it. I always enjoy listening to your cover songs
Thank youu Meya 🤗. Yes she was the best 😂. It came as a relief to everyone so yeah, we are celebrating a life well spent.
Thank you so much Meya 🥰, I’m glad this resonated with you. And give your sister my love too 🤗❤️
You're welcome dear🤗.
I'll do just that 😊
I just kept saying Wow!
Nice presentation ☺️
Thank you very much Udy 😊❤️