Veteran Nollywood actress Eucharia Anunobi has shared how she deals with the loss of her only child.
Raymond lost his life in August 2017 at the age of 15 following complications from sickle cell disease.
During a recent appearance on the WithChude podcast, uploaded to YouTube on Wednesday, the 59-year-old actress shared that her Christian faith has given her strength and comfort in navigating the loss.
The actress highlighted that her experience as a born-again Christian has made her realise the fleeting nature of worldly possessions and the “vanity of life.”
Anunobi expressed that her faith has given her the understanding that losing a loved one is not the end, adding that she believes, “I will see my son again.”
She expressed appreciation for the memories she shared with her son and the peace she has found through God.
“That is one of the things that being born again, being a true Christian, bequeaths you with. As you grow in the word, when you read the words of God in the Holy Bible continuously, not just reading it but meditatively reading it, practicing it,” she said.
“Obeying the instructions therein as they are being said to you and each time you ask the Holy Spirit to teach you to know greater things, you will get to know greater things, and the wisdom of God gets you to know the vanity of life.
“Those things you see everywhere, that people are clamoring for are only temporal, there is no need killing yourself. So you come to understand that if you lose a loved one, yes, you love them, but because you have grown in the word of God that tells you that yes, the body is gone but the spirit is not gone.
“The spirit and soul has gone to the one that gave it and you would still have connection with that spirit someday where it came from. When you grow in the word of God, it helps you and brings to you more accurately and powerfully the words of God that says ‘my peace I give to you’.
“So when you have bereavement or things that bring undue sorrow, you do not sorrow because you know that they were just given to you for a short period of time and that someday you also will leave this atmosphere. That is what the wisdom of God teaches you.
“The comfort I have not to mourn unnecessarily or overtly over the loss of my only child as a single parent is that I know he is not gone. Yes, I know he is gone physically. I miss him, but I know the beautiful treasures of memories I have in my heart and I know because the word of God says I will see him again.”
Eucharia tied the knot with Raymond’s father, Charles Ekwu, in 2000, but their marriage ended after six years.
