TRIBUTE TO A SWEET DAD

Late Mr. Emmanuel Okomanyi passed on two months ago. Listening to his daughter Miss Priscilla Okomanyi talk about how awesome and cool her father was moved me to join her to celebrate his accomplishments as a father while he was alive. With tears on her eyes she recounted the last days he spent before he died. She said it all started from an unserious  illness. Her father was always there for her. He loved her, Deb  and their mother unconditionally.  He was her confidant best friend and everything. She feels a huge emptiness in her heart that only her father's presence can fill. In her words spoken in between sobs "I still can't believe he is gone,  there are times when I wish it is all a dream,  and pray to wake up from this nightmare". She recounted how in the sick bed,  he requested to go take the Sunday message in the church. When preparing for the service that day he asked her to pick the clothe he would wear.  In her words and I quote "he never allows anyone to choose his clothes for him,  he believes he is a fashionista and just knows

what is best for him to wear". It is an irreplaceable loss to the family. He was the best dad ever.... She described him as a good friend,  not the typical daddies you find out there,  but somehow he was a displinarian and a man of principles. He loved God and served him to his last breath on earth.
Today,  I join Priscilla to celebrate her father who has accomplished greatly as a father,  brother and uncle. He was a good father to his children,  a good brother to his siblings and a good son to his parent. Although he is sleeping in the Lord,  the smile he has placed on our faces will never fade. He is gone today,  but his memory lives on in the heart of his loved ones.  He was a philanthropist, a Man of God and a selfless father, brother,  uncle to all who crossed his part. We know that you have departed and left us in this world. But your memory lives on,  so is your legacy as the coolest and most reliable dad ever.
In her words"while he was very sick and in pains, he said to me Priscilla be strong. I can only live to be what you ask me to be.... I know he watches me, sees me... Always by my side,  though he is unheard,  unseen but always there for me and Deb(Priscilla's younger sister) Although it's being two months since you left us,  it's still feels like yesterday and a dream,  wherein we need someone to pinch us and tell us it's all real.... That you are truly gone. Daddy you are everything  to us.... We couldn't have asked for a better father than you have being. Although it still feels too early for you to leave but the times we shared,  is a treasure we will cherish for the rest of our lives.

Goodbye Father... Till we meet again to part no more.... Goodbye and Sweet Dreams in the Lord.
May your gentle soul continue to rest in Perfect Peace.

Written On Behalf of Pricilla Okomanyi  for the family of Mr.  Emmanuel Okomanyi.