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I am having a very strong urge to start this with one of them wahenga na wahenguzi phrases, why? Because why not that’s why. Here goes nothing;

Wahenga na wahenguzi hawakutupaka mafuta kwa mgongo wa chupa waliponena kuwa home is a person-I cannot possibly overstate how fun that was. I don’t know about you guys but I think we all have that one special human who feels like home-nature of relationship notwithstanding.

I will not even attempt to put into words how safe said person makes you feel. Everything around you could be going to shit but when that someone gives you one of those loooooong hugs and tells you its going to be okay, you actually believe it-they could tell me the earth was flat and I would defend that thesis like my life depended on it. The person who comes to mind when the tiniest of inconveniences, like the barrister spelling your name wrong, comes your way and you want to throw a proper tantrum is who I am talking about. Want to have a full-blown rant about Manchester united disappointing you, again, you know they will listen even if they have no idea how many players make up a football team.  If that’s not love, I don’t know what is.

The person you call to celebrate the smallest of wins like running your first Hello World program-man I wish I had emojis. Anyway, I know you get my point.

I think we all deserve to have that special someone in life because this adulting thing is not as fun as we thought it would be-even Superman has Louis. I remember counting the years to adulthood and boy was I stupid. We only thought of the freedom that comes along with it but no one prepared us for all the crap we have to deal with again and again-kinda like playing whack-a-mole with problems. At the very least there should be tutorials, trailers and full-length DVDs telling kids being an adult is not as fun as they think it is.

If you haven’t been as lucky in finding your someone, keep that smile and keep the hope alive. If you have, and I cannot emphasize this enough, please never let go because if diamonds are rare this is even much harder to find.

_storyteller.

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  1. Unknown11 February 2022 at 11:47

    Not the best thing to hear when it's three days to Valentine's and you don't have a special someone😂

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  2. _storyteller0011 February 2022 at 16:25

    We pray for Monday to Monday, Amen😂

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