LAST BORN PRIVILEGES. By Lesley Chimezie
One time we were on Christmas vacation in Bonny, my maternal home, and my sister and I got into one of those useless and baseless fights that have no head or tail . Well, in the course of the fight, we pushed over some stacked up crates of malt and soda that our granny was selling. No less than 3 crates of drinks were damaged and only a few bottles survived. At that point, our mum jumped in and rooted out her rod of correction to beat the spirit of fighting and destruction out of us. But our grandma stepped in just time to rebuke her. Granny warned her not to lay a finger on us. Instead she rewarded us with plates of fresh fish and asked us to share the remaining bottles that did not break. That was after she made sure that neither of us was injured in the fight. Those who had tough parents can relate to this. If you grew up with strict or disciplinarian parents then you would agree with me that your parents strictness softened with time. You can attest that the way they were tough on ...