– In April, a young woman revealed her mom was planning her own funeral
– She explained her mother worked as a cleaner at a hospital and decided to prepare her girls should she pass away
– Two months later, she sadly revealed her mother had died and it left social media users heartbroken
In April 2020, a beautiful young lady took to Twitter to detail how her mother was stressed about the coronavirus reaching South Africa’s shores.
The woman named Nabis Omwiya wrote on Twitter that her mother worked as a cleaner at a private hospital and the people who tested positive for Covid-19 were in her ward.
The tweep added that her mom was stressed about the situation and decided to plan her own funeral should anything happen.
“My mom is planning umngcwabo wakhe (planning her funeral). She sat my sister down last night and told her where things are and how we must handle everything should she die. She has really been stressing shame but at least today she was laughing efownin, I even said ukwi good mood because she has been down,” she wrote back in April.
The young lady, who recently turned 25-years-old, added in another tweet that she was not worried because they have good medical care in Port Elizabeth should her mom fall ill.
However, barely two months later Omiya had to share devastating news with her followers.
She revealed her mom had passed away but failed to detail the conditions surrounding her death.
“When I received that call from 041 I knew it was time to put my big girl panties on. Having to call my family yesterday to inform them of the news the hospital had just told me was so hard,” she said.
She added in another tweet:
“Kodwa ke kuyo yonke lonto, andimsoli uThixo. Andilili njengomntu ongenathemba. Mama bezobuza; ‘bekufuneka ibengu Mama kabani Mntanam kuze ilunge’? uThixo uzosithwala (But through it all I am not angry at God. I am not crying like someone with no hope. Mom would ask me: whose mother should have passed away for you to feel better? God will carry us,” She added.
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