11 YEARS
I like to think of our relationship as one that is tumultuous. Like Rose in the titanic, somehow holding on to the rafter and floating till safety came.
Somehow, we have maintained our relationship, not so much by quantity of speech if I may use that word, but more of quality of speech. Of dishing and receiving value, of choosing to celebrate each other’s wins, asking hard questions and just being vulnerable in this safe space we’ve created from our love.
I still have the letter you sent to me when I left Junior Secondary to a different High School, abruptly leaving you and the loving friendship that had budded between us.
Ours was a relationship of intentionality right from the start. I remember coming up to you in Jss 2 to ask: “Glory, please will you be my reading partner?” Little did I know I was entering into a lifetime of having someone so wholeheartedly in your corner. As Little as I was, only 11 years old at the time, I could not have imagined that 11 years later, I’ll still be in your corner and you in mine.
Our story is a very beautiful one, and I intentionally used this picture you said was ‘weird’ to pass across this message of appreciation, to let you know that your weird is beautiful, your sophisticated is beautiful, your mundane is beautiful and your exotic is just as beautiful.
I’ll quote Bob Sorge here: "Nothing can live in unbroken sunshine. Constant joy and happiness, with no clouds on the horizon, produces drought. Night is as important as day; the sun must be followed by clouds and rain. Nonstop sunshine only creates a desert."
So I love the valleys and hills we’ve been on since we started years ago and I’m here cheering on to things to come. I celebrate you where you’re at, a lot of growth has happened in this past 11 years but I’m grateful we maintained our value.
To you reading, I dare you, to choose intentionality. I'm not saying plan out your next 11 years, lolll, we're not even certain of what's gonna happen tomorrow! What I’m saying is, if you see what resonates with your heart, make a conscious decision to commit to it and then sit tight, buckle your belts and hold on to that rafter for dear life!😅
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From DBee to Geebex
