If Only I could Get A Second Chance - #265

With the few years I've spent so far in life, I have had moments I've come to regret my actions, moments I get to scold myself with no one's intervention, moments I realized I shouldn't have said what I said, moment I did something I shouldn't have done or moments when I realized I should have done what I didn't do and the next and only thing I could think of is If only I could be given a second chance then I would have loved to set things right even if I'm still not sure I might still be able to set them right.

One of the many opportunities I've had to lose and caused me great pain was losing an aunt when I probably had an opportunity to save her.
We were in a prayer session that day and there was a directive and instruction for every pregnant woman to come out for prayer against maternal death at the point of labour.

That day, I had that great push in me, pushing me hard in my mind to go out and follow the instruction but then I thought about it; I'm not married yet so me going out for a pregnant woman prayer will definitely cause the church to start talking about me that I am pregnant out of wedlock when I'm actually not pregnant. So I decided to save myself from such situation and stay put at my seat.

Little did I know I was been pushed to go out on behalf of someone close to me which was my aunt. I never knew she was pregnant. I never knew she was heavy and close to her delivery date until the day came and we were called that she gave up the ghost during child birth.

I cried, I wailed, condemned and blamed myself for her death. I knew God wanted to save her but I failed to follow his instruction so I blamed myself for it and shouldered the blame.....

Till date, I wish I could rewind the hands of time for a second chance and follow the lead I got in me that day to just go out and turn a blind eye on what people would say.

I'll be dropping my 🖊️ here on the Ladies of Hive community prompt

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