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Through My Eyes

Through My Eyes

Author: Kasia Yoko
Date: 2014-03-07
I'm mad as a snake and hissing.

The recent power cuts have cost my company and me a couple of grand and I am livid with the whole episode.

There I said it, let it be the end of my bitching as a petrol generator is being installed in my garagesorry neighbours but it's that, or serious financial woes for me.

Ok, with the bitching aside, I must admit I really felt for Oscar Pistorius today. Unlike the Oscars that are taking place in America, Pistorius' Oscar Academy Award performance fell short of convincing.

He arrived in court cocksure and smirking. Knowing that Reeva's mother was sitting behind him, She really wanted to connect with him yet he failed to acknowledge her presence. Leaving me with a cold sweat and a lingering question, "Why won't you look at her mother?"

That whole Christian faade he has created with his support team did not play out appropriately. Surely showing respect and compassion for June Steenkamp for the world to see would be the right Christian thing to do. 

I mean she is not asking him to bring her daughter back, she is not asking for much, all she is asking for is for him to look into her eyes. 

'I want to look at Oscar, really look him in the eyes and see for myself the truth about what he did to Reeva,' said June Steenkamp, who is 67 years old.

'Whatever the court decides at the end of his trial, I will be ready to forgive him ... But first I want to force him to look at me, Reeva's mother, and see the pain and anguish he has inflicted on me. I feel I need that.'

June Steenkamp, Reeva's mother is not asking for too much is she?

Recently I heard someone say, "A mother is only happy when her children are happy." It is such a true and profound statement. The first thing I ask my son's every time I see them is "Are you happy?" 

Their happiness is why I am slaving the long hours, why I deny myself the luxuries and frankly when I think deeper about it; their happiness is why I breathe. 

I cannot fathom what Reeva's mother is going through - the loss of a daughter must be a devastating tragedy and she is prepared to forgive Pistorius, yet he is not prepared to acknowledge her. 

It's a sad, sad situation, which I hope will be resolved. I am a firm believer that the truth will set you free and in Pistorius' case, it is relatively easy, it's not about who done it, because that we already know but why he did it?

Personally I do not care one bit about Pistorius. Unlike him I do not have to hide behind any false pretences. I deeply feel for June Steenkamp, who because of Pistorius will never see her daughter again, will never know the joys of loving Reeva's children and will live with a broken heart till her dying days.

I hope the truth will come out and set June free.