1/9/11… Kaltumo Ahmed
They say everything and everyone you love will one day come to an end. On this day january 9, 2011 i lost one of the most beautiful and loving females a man can loose. Mine was a very respectable female by the name of kaltumo Ahmed, my great grandmother! She was a strong women that died with some much honor. Having someone whole holds you and when you feel like the world you knew comes crashing down, theres always that one person that you can count on. she was that one person for us. The last couple years we spent with her when she got sick were the hardest. Watching someone you love just sit in a room knowing their gonna die soon was devastating. A sickness that had her fighting for her life. It hurts to say this was a fight she just couldn’t win. Her creator had her time written and it was slowly approaching. My cousins and i were up with her the whole night. As the morning came in i left to run some errands, as I’m coming back to my grandparents house i get a call from my mother that had me in tears. She said to me “innaa lillaahi wa innaa ilaihi raaji’oon.” In english it means, truly, to allah we belong and truly, to him we shall return!!! Hearing those words had me uttered in a feeling i can’t even describe. She also told me “she died with the biggest smile on her face” Burying someone is so hard, let alone it being someone you love. Knowing your walking away and being the last person’s footsteps she hears, and her calling out your name and you can’t even respond, man did it feel like a 18 wheeler hit me straight in the heart. On this day January 9, 2012 I pray and make dua that my grandmother Kaltumo Ahmed is in a better place. May your soul rest in peace….
