How I cope with the lost of my only son – Eucharia Anunobi

Veteran Nollywood Actress Eucharia Anunobi has opened up about how she is coping with the loss of her only child, Raymond, who passed away in 2017 from complications related to sickle cell disease.

In an interview on the WithChude podcast, Anunobi attributed her ability to cope with the devastating loss to her Christian faith, which she said has been a constant source of comfort and strength.

The actress, who got separated from Raymond’s father, Charles Ekwu, in 2006, described how her faith has helped her understand that the loss of a loved one is not the end.

Anunobi also expressed gratitude for the memories she shared with her son and the peace that God has given her.

Here’s what she said:

“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.

“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 a 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.”

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