365 days and 1,000,000 moments

Gratefulness flows from my heart like the waters of Erin-Ijesa waterfalls. 365 days of goodness, mercies, and moments...

The moments I open my eyes each morning, the stretches my arms and legs get, the eye- lid flutters, the daylight streaming in the room through the blinds. The times of headaches, fever and acute dysmenorrhea, the paracetamols, lonart and felvin. The troubled tummy and the tetracyline moments.

The joy of knowing a family that got me like a snail in its shell, the moments of joy,testimonies and good times...the 'fastings' and 'waitings' and 'prayings'. The jumps of halleluyahs and the screams of victory. The concern for each other, the counsel, the sacrifices and the amazing unity...the LOVE.

The fake friends, the real friends and real enemies. The moments of laughter, the moments of gossip and advise. The prayers we said for each other. The road trips we made. The blogfam, the friends I've met here-the chats and email exchange, the talents discovered-the admiration and the wishing 'I can write like this soul'.

The job, the salary. The environment, the challenges, the accolades and feelings of "I'm genius" and the days of feeling like a failure. The confusion, un- satisfaction and the walking away.

The moments when midnight candles were companions, the study, the examinations, the success and the failures.

The rhythmic rumbling in my tummy, the moments beans and dodo married each other in my cute white soup bowl. The mouth watering dishes in the well lit diners, the too expensive italian cuisines. The wonderful moments spent in the kitchen making all kinds of rice, efo riro and the whipping out my own recipe moments.

The light-bulb moments during scripture search, the moments of worship on the toilet bowl and on that box in the left corner of the room. The midnight fellowship, the dances of praise. The voices of direction, the joy of finding you, the times of trusting and un-trusting you. The blames I gave you and the "I'm sorry I won't do it again silent prayers"

The crushes, the love, the special friendships. The butterfly moments in my lower tummy. The moments my heart skipped, the joys of falling in love. The convos and laughter. The kisses, the hugs, the sweet smiles. The silence, the arguments, the shouts and the days after. The walk of shame. The pain of heart break and the despair of loving and losing...the strength to move on. The hope.

The smell of a book, hmm. The movies/series that brought laughter and tears. Music. The songs from soulish artistes- Kate Voegele, Fly leaf, Emeli Sande, Brandi Carlile, Corrine Bailey Rae, Cold play, Garvin deGraw, Dave Koz,Tenth Avenue North, Brandy...The old school tunes from Ebenezer Obey, Shina Peters and Sunny Ade.

The whisper of thank-yous and the sighs of relief. The adventurous moments, the guilty pleasure and guilty trips. The chocolates, black forest cakes ...the red velvet cakes hmm. The very first time in a club with a kindred spirit. The tears that could not stop flowing, the anger. The hurt-my-tummy kinda laughters. The worries and memories. The longing, the wishing and hoping. The woulda, coulda, shoulda. The thanksgiving and many joys.

The weight loss and gains-the long walks, the jumps, the zumba dances. The diet, smoothies...the herbal teas. The dance between a size 18 and 17. The plateau state.

The expectations. The rains and brilliant sunshines, the heat and chilliness. The freshness of each new day after the heavy rain. The 358th day- the 7 amazing bloggers, the amazing readers and followers.

The 365th day-the excitement, the looking forward to a new year moment. The thankfulness, the Sunday delicacy. The pre-birthday messages and then the sleep.

For these very special moments and many more, I say a very huge "THANK YOU" to big G. He's been amazing. I can't thank him enough, but I know He's up there smiling and saying to me "Dayor, your best moments are still ahead" .

Gratefulness, Life & Love,
Dayor

P.S: Happy birthday to me. Happy blogversary to me & to you for always stopping by and leaving your comments. Thank you loads. Let's do it again in the new year.