Pastor Patience Eno: Earth's Loss, Heaven's Gain

• Otobong Sampson

If tributes serve as mirror into one's life, then the world has 'seen' in weeks, the entire years of Pastor Patience, without a memoir. Words spoken of someone have never been more genuine; yet no one can exactly put her into words.There is a consensus that Pastor Patience Eno was one of the finest curiosities around to hold the Office of First Lady.

Ancient Egyptians, Leo Buscaglia reveals, believed that upon death, they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife. The first question was, 'did you bring Joy?' The second was, 'did you find Joy?'

If the departed First Lady would ever get to be asked the two questions above, her answer for the first would be in the thought-provoking and mind-stretching works she accomplished, both as a co-shepherd in God's vineyard and also as the number one woman of Akwa Ibom State. For the second question, the answer would be gotten from the height of the passion and satisfaction she exhibited in serving both Nobles and plebeians.

A firm and flair character she was. She has passed on as a woman of great wisdom and spiritual depth, whose decisions were guided by her ability to contemplate God and discern instructions from such meditations. She didn't command devotion in others, she inspired it.

While alive, she was a pillar of unending fascination; in death, the Late First Lady will remain a source of deep inspiration.

Like her husband, Governor Umo Eno, benevolence for her — was more an indulgence and never a political tool. Compassion was Patience's passion. Good-heartedness was not an avocation, it was her way of life. She surrounded herself with goodwill. She was a woman who planted trees at the marketplace. Every moment she shared with us was a gift. It was the course she pursued.

All her life, Her Excellency was immense. All through her life, she answered the questions that were asked of her. Our departed First Lady was a woman of orderly habits.

Since September 26, 2024, the sounds we have heard have been that of a permanent goodbye. Terri Guillemets consoles: "Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity".

Our loss is Heaven's gain. The angels have taken one of their own. Therefore, we can — "say not in grief that 'she is no more' but in thankfulness that she was".

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