Amb. Aina Ayomide | Edu. , Comms.

you said you’d finish the bible this year, how far?

This new year is so important to me. I’ve always been a rather lachrymose person. I feel things deeply, I cry easily, and sometimes it feels like I’ve spent a good portion of my life carrying emotions in my hands. But somewhere along the way, I got happy. Genuinely happy. It was like God and the entire universe had conspired to bring me joy this year. Like, for once, life was determined to hold me very softly. I got a house. I got promoted at my job, and my career reached places I had once only imagined from a distance. I lived, I loved, and I laughed until my stomach hurt. I made memories with my friends that I know I will return to when I am much older and need proof that I was here, that I was young, that I was loved, and that my life was once this full. And the strangest, sweetest thing is that I did not notice it happening. I did not notice when happiness became ordinary, nor did I notice when I stopped reaching for the sad songs. One day, I looked at my playlist and realised it had changed. The music was lighter, and so was I. This year gave me a version of myself I had not known I was waiting to meet. Thank you, GOD, for this one. For the life I prayed for, the life I never thought to ask for, and all the little joys in between. I am so deeply, tenderly grateful to be here. Happy birthday to meee. 🥹🤍