My Pillar, My Soothe Sayer

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Going by my wife's words, I would have remained in my former place of work. Against all odds, she said, "my dear, you must find a way to leave that work”. I have tried to figure out a way to survive after leaving the job, but I could sense a long rope back to square one. She kept telling me to find my way out of the job, but then I kept insisting, remaining adamant.

After two years, I was not progressing, instead I was just stagnant. I never cared to detect my route and was not ready to leave the job.
“Where would I start from? What about my kid's school and how do I pay up their school fees?” All these questions kept running down my spines. This alone was what I cannot risk, no matter the continuous words that kept coming from her.

After another one year, she was not relenting and told me to leave, or she will leave. I tried to weigh these two words. No one would want to lose a good woman like her. I decided to sit here down and talk to her clearly. I told her if I leave the job, I may be playing with my kid's future. I explained heaven and earth, but she was not ready to listen. “Don't worry, you will find yourself a better job that can pay more than triple of this”. She always says.

I know I'm not the dull type. I was not too sure how soon I would be able to get another job. It would be a great risk if I left my present job without getting another one at hand. After too much talk, I handed up her words. I wrote a letter of resignation. I was praying hard for success after resignation.

I knew it was a deep risk, but then I must take that path just to fulfil my wife's choice. She is a bold woman who knows how to take risks in different aspects and always comes out successful. She was acting without worrying about the risks behind her actions. I told her, what if I did not see a job at the right time? She was so sure of her actions undermining the hardship we have to go through.

The litter I wrote, the school began to beg me to stay, but what my wife had told me was drawn straight in my heart, and I was so adamant for not accepting their mind. My.mind was totally out of the place after calculating what I had passed through in that job. Truly, my wife was not wrong for asking me to leave. I could not account for what I have achieved right there. In another way, quitting without getting another job was not the best, just because of my family. I thought twice.

The students I was leaving behind were just not happy. My mind was not settled, leaving these children halfway to the end of the school session. I decided to stay until the end of the session, which was just two months ahead. The students were happy, and this also would give the school an opportunity to search for an alternative. When I got home, I informed my wife, she fled up and was seriously angry. With my countless explanations, she was not ready to listen. This caused serious arguments. I understood her mind and thinking, but to me, wide thinking, leaving my kids without taking care of their school fees was a risk coupled with our feeding. She was not ready to listen to all those excuses, as she knew I will get a job immediately when I left the one I was in.

She later agreed to my mind and after the end of the session, I stopped my job without any hope of getting another one. Just two weeks after leaving the job, the school I submitted my application to called me to come for an interview. I informed her about it, and she said I will be given the job just as if she were a soothe sayer. To cut the story short, after the interview, I was given the job and that same week another school called me to resume without an interview because of what they had heard about my ways of teaching. She said I should stick to the one I have without leaving an inch until I see a higher paying one that is far better. Presently, she had taught me that even in thick and thin, taking risks undermining the aftermath should be part of a man.

She is my pillar.