IPITEIKUMOR ROSEMARY EBIERITEI’S BIRTHDAY ARTICLE FROM PRIME MINISTER

IPITEIKUMOR ROSEMARY EBIERITEI’S BIRTHDAY ARTICLE FROM PRIME MINISTER

I am well aware that you are going to kill me for writing this. You have never been one for attention.

Actually, you tend to avoid it at all costs. Somewhere along the line though, you became best friends with me, the girl that attracts attention no matter how hard I try not to. Luckily, that has never stopped you from loving me.

To think about how just a few years ago we were strangers, completely blows my mind. We always laugh about how the universe had been toying with the concept of introducing us for years before, but I guess we just weren’t ready.

It didn’t take long before I could sense that you were not only trust worthy and genuine, but you were unapologetically yourself. Something so many of us forget to be.

Though many atimes I tend to be troublesome by calling you ‘Arogbo lasan lasan’ (ordinary Ijaw girl). I usually do that when you are about annoying me or when annoyed already

You preferred to keep to yourself and I was the loud and outspoken one. Somewhere along the line, our polar opposite personalities attracted to one another and we started a friendship.

I remember attending a wedding ceremony with you. It was one of the first times we really hung out just the two of us. It wasn’t long after that day that we became inseparable. Our friends started to call us the dynamic duo which was known for always being up to no good.

I slowly let you in to my dark and twisty and showed you my demons. You trusted me enough to show me yourself in your most vulnerable light. We bonded faster than either of us expected. We were once strangers but now considered each other besties.

I know you’ll wanna kill me for this. I remember when your brother which happens to be my friend beats you up while you stayed out late and you were afraid the day after to stay out till 8:00pm. Though Twas then I knew you were more obedient than I thought

Thank you for always being strong when I am weak. Thank you for laughing at my jokes, even when they may not be funny. Thank you for saving me from your angry. Thank you for the adventures that always resulted in more selfies than we are willing to admit. Thank you for always staying by me even when I’m sad. Thank you for all the inside jokes that nobody but us will understand.

Thank you for allowing me to learn some tough lessons on my own. Thank you for stopping me when I started to become destructive. Thank you for never questioning me, even when I questioned myself. You have saved me in so many ways.

One of the attitude i like about you is the fact that you are very hard working. I remembered the day we attended a wedding together, immediately we got back from the occasion you quickly rushed down to your money making lake. I also remember a Hot sunny Sunday afternoon when i called you and you told me you followed your Mummy to the farm. These are things i never expected from girls around your age.

So as we celebrate your birthday, I want to thank you for everything you do for me. Thank you for accepting me and loving me for exactly who I am; I know it’s not easy. I am stubborn, moody and sometimes borderline crazy, but you have always accepted me for me. Sometimes I have wondered when you will finally move on to a new best friend; one who isn’t such a mess. To my astonishment, you never do.

Finally, thank you for being naughty and pompous. The fact that you derive pleasure getting me tensed sometimes makes me laugh when I reminisce about our being together . I am proud to call you my best friend.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLIE

FROM BISHOP PRIME