I like to sit on a rock beside our house in the early hours of the day when everywhere is quiet and cool. The crickets would be chirping away, a few fireflies would fly by but other than those, everything would be calm.
The breeze blowing gently would hit me with such freshness that I would start craving that feeling even during the day.
I have been away from home for a while. I don’t regret the life I’ve chosen, I don’t yet want to turn around and put an end to my travelling. Because this is something I’ve wanted for so long.
Many nights, I dreamt of what this would feel like. Backpacking from one destination to the next. Meeting new people, eating new foods and taking a picture of the night sky every day I’m alive to see it.
The rain came early this year, but that was not the problem. The problem was that I had forgotten about the leaking garage roof. And that wouldn’t have been a problem if we had not moved some boxes out of the house to the garage pending the time we would “sort the wheat from the chaff” as Funmi delicately put it.
Call me a hoarder but I like to keep memories in boxes.
Some things never change in life. No matter how old you get, there are some things that never get old. No matter how distant you are from family, your real family, whether by blood or loyalty, they’ll always be in your heart, closer than ever even when they are not there with you. I’m lucky to have such people in my life because it’s a privilege that not everyone gets. No matter where I get to in life, there are certain people I’ll always remember, people who got to put up with me because, believe me, I’m not an easy person to deal with. Continue reading “Appreciation…”
