HE ONCE WAS, BUT NO LONGER.

Sad and lost in the wilderness of sorrow

The memory of that faithful year still lives rent-free in our thoughts, the shocking news of his demise left the earth sour and the sky pouring down her tears like she has been holding on the past few days.

Big pops Juan like we all know had a positive effect on society and his passage onto the afterlife dealt a huge blow to his beneficiaries and most of all, his immediate family whom he left behind, a beautiful family of five (5) children, three males, and two females, supporting their widowed mother as the pain of losing her beloved is one which she still can’t place a number on it.

Few years down the line, just like the rule of the jungle, when the alpha is indisposed, the pack is exposed to those whom would want to kill, steal and destroy but it was quite unnatural as that wasn’t the case for the widowed mother, once a beta specie assumed the role of the Alpha and kept the pack safe.

It wasn’t an easy ride for there were days that they would go without food just so they could settle some other bills, they were literally feeding from hand to mouth and then I asked the obvious question which everyone seem to avoiding, ‘those big Pops assisted, where are they?’, as guessed and expected, they were no where to be found, quite disheartening to think that after going through thick and thin for someone and they end up leaving you hanging. 

I for one prefer a dog to most humans because a dog is loyal to the very end, both in hunger and in plenty, apart from a mother, a dog is the only living thing that can love you unconditionally, I wish big pops knew this earlier and maybe his decisions would have been guided to secure his family. Though he’s in the past now, but his legacies live on with his shoots.