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MICKEY

 

One of the saddest feelings I carry about 2025 is that my friend, Michaela Moye, popularly known as Mickey, passed on before the year ended.


If you are reading this, I am glad you made it. Even so, with every part of me, I wish Mickey had made it too. But I am not the author and finisher of life, and my capacity for some things is limited.

Mickey was a good person. By human standards, she truly was. She was educated, honest in her dealings, vocal about the things she believed, and never ashamed to share her struggles until the very end.

I am grateful that I reached out to her after she posted on Facebook about how weak she felt and how difficult it had become for her to stand due to a shortage of blood in her system. I could only reach out because she shared her struggle openly. That openness gave room for concern, connection, and help.

Eventually, a nurse was by her bedside, along with someone she had called and waited hours for to come and assist her. Sadly, those interventions did not lead to her survival.

I did not like how she looked in that final post. Mickey was truly beautiful, yet she appeared frail. Still, there was peace on her face, and I believe she remained peaceful until she passed from this life.

I have no bad memories of you, Mickey. It is not that I prefer that you are gone, but the end of a lifetime on earth reminds us that rest eventually comes. Rest from bills, bad governance in Nigeria, difficult people, sickness, and the many burdens we carry in different forms.

My hope is that God has prepared a place for you in heaven, where you will truly rest in peace.

I love you, Mickey. God be with you until we meet again, never to part.

For the rest of us, death is real. If we can, let us do what we can to end well, despite our imperfections.

And as you have seen the last day of December 2025, you will also see its end.
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Location: Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

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  1. Anonymous31 December 2025 at 09:58

    So sad !! Condolences on your friend Mickey!! May her soul rest in perfect peace through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour Amen.

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