Nollywood Actress Osas Ighodaro shared her emotional experience of coping with her mother’s death on VJ Adams’ show “Off The Top”.
Nearly four years after her loss, Osas Ighodaro admitted that she still feels the pain of losing her mother, which can arise unexpectedly.
The actress talks about how she’s learned to cope with grief by allowing herself to feel her emotions instead of bottling them up.
“I allow myself to feel what I’m feeling, then I move forward,” she said.
Osas explained that she finds strength in knowing her struggles won’t last forever,finding comfort in the idea that she’ll get to share her stories and experiences with her mother in the afterlife.
Osas said, “I haven’t cried in a while; it has almost been four years since my mum passed away and the pain never goes away.
“From time to time the emotion takes over and it can come unawares and that’s what I’m not really keen on. You could just get into the mood, and it’s a lot but I’ve learnt to allow it to take its course, brush it off and keep it moving.
“One thing that has really helped me, and I usually say this when someone loses a parent, is that this situation is temporary. Live your life the best way you can that so when your time comes to transition, you have a lot to tell your family over there.
“So I’m trying to live my life so that when I meet my mum long from now, I’d have a lot to gist about.”
