I write this with great sadness over the unimaginable loss of a close friend to a gun shot……On March 6 2017, one of my childhood groups of friends died. I don’t even know where to begin writing about this, but clearly I have to write about it. As the day went on when the news of Isaac’s death was told to me, I became increasingly less functional, from feeling shocked and stunned, to quietly lost, to light-headed and shaking, until finally, closing my eyes to finally going back to sleep but searching in vain for something I felt like drinking until, I collapsed into great heaving sobs. No, I thought. It can’t be. What the fuck happened? And I wasn’t I believe the only one who felt that way. A good twenty of us could still remember the wild adventures we’d shared all those years back in Buea and in the United States. I always assumed that we’d see each other again from when I last saw him in Cameroon during my visit in December 2015 when he stopped by at my home to say hello
It is very beautiful to have fun alongside our friends, but there are times when we also have to say goodbye to them with a lot of grief. Always, in our lifetime a friend leaves this world and we have to be strong to withstand this.
Clearly we are not the only ones who suffer; their loved ones and those who are closest to them experience a lot of grief. The moment our friend is buried, you have the possibility to show what you have on your heart through a heartfelt farewell message.
“Isaac, you always stood out of all people by your cute character and your big heart, those of us who got to know you were very lucky for having crossed paths with you, you now have God by your side.”
Joe Pepsy Nomen