Thread by @GbengaWemimo

Mama came to the house at noon
He had gone to work
She just returned home from the market
Mama didn't give any notice, she just showed up
'Welcome Mama, can I offer you some water'
As usual Mama kept quiet, saying so much with her eyes
Watching her every move

She dashed into the kitchen
Started preparing lunch
Mama came into the Kitchen
Mama: Are you pregnant yet, or are you in this house just to eat delicacies?
She looked down, not daring to respond or look into her eyes
Mama waited a while
Then she returned to the sitting room

She was pregnant, but she had resolved to keep her mouth shut and never tell a soul
She had been pregnant before
Eight times
Each time Mama arrived as soon as she missed her period
Mama stayed some days
Mama left
The pregnancy terminated
Just like that
Devilish Coincidence

She never took it to heart
She was a modern babe
Studied and trained in the UK
Miscarriages happen all the time
Her gynecologist was a specialist
'She will have a child'
By the sixth 'Coincidence'
She became a believer
She had to
She wanted a baby
The family needed a baby

The last time, she kept her mouth shut
Mama visited
Just for three days
Mama packed her bags to leave
Her husband : 'Mama, pray for my wife, that this one shall become a bundle of joy'
She almost fainted
Mama turned green, but prayed
Mama left
She miscarried twenty minutes later

She vowed
Next time, she wouldn't even tell her husband
She got pregnant again
She told her husband she will like to got to the UK for a while
Get some treatment
All in a bid to escape before she began to show
A day to her departure
Mama surfaced again
Fishing for information
Hmm

She stayed awake that night
Prayed while the household slept
Jesus save me
She couldn't trust herself
Not to speak in her sleep
So she read a book, watched TV, read her Bible and prayed
By 7 AM, she sneaked out of the house
Went straight to the airport
Slept on the flight
Escape!

Months later
She returned with her baby girl
A piece of heaven
Her Husband had visited eight times during that period
She had begged him to keep mum
He obeyed
AS soon as they got home
Mama arrived
Mama saw her
Mama saw the baby
Mama hissed
Mama turned
Mama left
Not a word
Wicked

Her husband ran after Mama
What did they do wrong?
How have they offended her
Mama didn't say a word
Mama returned to the village that day
She refused to show up for the naming of the baby
Everybody tried talking to her
Mama didn't say a word
Mama was angry
What else can they do?

Three months later
As she slept
She saw herself
On a table
Tied down
She saw Mama
With a Knife
Cut her open
Removed her womb
And walk away
She woke up petrified
Didn't tell a soul
Didn't know what to do
She never conceived again
Eight years!
Not even a miscarriage
This life!

Somebody said Pastors are leeches
Devouring the sheepie
Feeding fat
Madness
She went to church
Narrated her ordeal
She wanted another baby
Pastor said 'If any man be in Christ, He is a new creature, old things have passed away, all things have become new'
She became born again

Pastor: Your salvation is in your mouth, declare right now your restoration, take back what had been taken from you. You are no longer a slave to the powers of this world, they are now under your feet
She believed
She prayed
She 'kabaya-ed'
She laid her hands on her womb
'Life!'

Mama had never been to their house in eight years
Mama arrived the very day she was confirmed pregnant
'Mama, I will have a boy' she announced
Mama looked at her
Mama: How do you know?
She: I called forth a son, Mama, the Word made him
Mama: Impossible
She laughed
She had a boy

Mama came for the naming
That night Mama called her
Mama: How did you do it?
I Had only him
My mother had only me
The covenant is forever
It was my duty to keep the covenant and I did!
She laughed
Mama, I forgive you but your covenant is not binding on me. I am a new creation!

Two years later, she had a set of twins
Mama was shocked
How?
Mama explained the covenant
For their family to remain wealthy, they had a pact with a demon
One child per generation
Every pregnancy before the tenth one shall be miscarried
This has been so for fifteen generations

She told Mama about Jesus
Mama: Which Jesus, am i not a Christian?
She didn't know how to explain
She laid hands on Mama
Commanded the spirit of Christ to invade her
Mama fell, vomited many charms
Mama accepted Jesus
Her husband accepted Jesus
Mama never returned to the village