Grateful!

On days like this, I go crazy (in a happy way) no matter how hard I try not to. But this year, I wasn't feeling psyched about celebrating because I feel I'm not nearly were I should be, but thank God I attended a candle/memorial service of a friend we recently lost. She was about same age as myself (God rest her soul). And I'm here, alive, healthy and still freaking beautiful, yet complaining about trivial issues. Thank Jesus for screwing my nut back in. Lol...I'm thankful for the obvious numerous blessings Onyekeruwa bestowed on me and for the things we call small. I'm here because He let me!


Peace, Jire...my little mummys toh badt gaan! I often forget to say thank you. How you guys tolerate me humbles me. I love you both and all what you bring. Please don't shut your wardrobes yet cos I'm running out of shoes and bags.


Mishael...pipe! All I hear is You guys keep deceiving yourselves. Whenever  I say I hung out with Michael, people often ask "How do you hang out with your boyfriend and he equally brings girls along and you don't care? You are too liberal...you are such a white woman! Lol! People don't know.This is my man! Always reminding me to relax and catch my breath.


I'm thankful for those favours we call small -  for finding a toilet when I have runny stomach, for making my smile wider to people who call me from a distance though I cant see them, for my free ride, for peeing on the road and not dying of curses, for bouncing back without a after being robbed, for days I live without accidents, for falling off a bike and not breaking a bone - Chukwu obioma, you see me!


To the handsome man in my life Ovo Onyinye Eteri (I know y'all were expecting my boyfriends name, you go old!) you've always made sense I've loved you yesterday, I love you today, when tomorrow comes, I'd definitely say same! Like I always say, it's me and you against the world. I'm so proud to have a younger sibling like you.


To my very own Dr Ovo Efekodo. Thanks for always pushing me over my comfort zone, and telling me brutally honest truth. Oh yeah! To every one that feels I'm too old for my age, this young balding giant is to blame. Mentor like non other. You are family now and I can't wait to mentor your daughters like we discussed.


My Anyanwuotutu...(mum) strong willed, loving, kind, prayerful.... I'm glad Daddy made her my mum! The man in her strives to keep us safe but the woman she is cries when no one is looking. I don't pray much beyond listening to Kiki and Kirk Franklin. When words fail me, like it does most times, music is all I've got. Yet He blesses me every passing second. Seems my pa is still whispering, constantly reminding Him that I'm his precious girl in need of grace. Don't stop, daddy, or your little girl is doomed! Hope I didn't disappoint you much this year, pa and ma!



I did fail this year in more ways than one but then I do not fail at the same thing twice. Life is so much less satisfying than a fiction. Time has made me stronger. Experiences left me wiser.  Behind my veil is a smile, a tear, fear, light, shadows, flight, laughter, a snare, a truth, a journey, a story, glory, shame, beauty, pain, me, more veils....!

I'll forever sing His praises because Jesus didn't let me lose my praise. My name is Ejiro, it means praise.