They Married Your Talent, Not Your Person
Segun Iwasanmi@iwasanmisegun212159
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"This Thing Called Life" Series — Episode 17
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There’s this a kind of silence that feels louder than a crowd’s cheer.
That was the silence Sister Tayo met the day she stopped singing.
For years, she had been the voice of every Sunday morning. Her songs could melt the hardest heart. Some said, “If she sings during altar call, even Satan will kneel.” And truly, when she lifted her voice, it felt like heaven borrowed her lungs. But something happened one month that changed everything.
She lost her voice. Not permanently, but enough to make her sound like a frog with flu. The first Sunday she tried to sing again, the pianist looked confused, the ushers avoided eye contact, and the pastor gently said, “Let’s just pray instead.”
That was the beginning of her quiet season.
At first, people checked on her. “Sister Tayo, how are you feeling now?” “You’ll soon get your voice back, dear.”
But as weeks turned to months, the calls reduced. The smiles reduced. Even the greetings became mechanical.
One day, she walked into church and overheard someone whisper, “She’s just sitting there now? At least she should join the ushering department.” Another person replied, “You know how these talented people are. Once what they are known for stops, they become ordinary.”
Ordinary!!!. That word stung her heart like a bee.
She began to wonder, Did they ever love me, or just what I could do?
But it’s not just in church. I’ve seen it in marriages too.
A woman married because she could pray, clean, cook, and carry the home on her head. But the day she fell sick and couldn’t do all that, love became a duty. A man was adored because of his money, but the day business fell, affection followed it to the pit.
To be continued...
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