I am not the birthday celebrant; it's my nephew's birthday. 5 years old is a big year and it feels just like yesterday he was born. I still remember how my brother was held at gunpoint because he insisted on being with his wife during labor. Thank God he was able to escape and he came back unharmed.
It was a joyful moment to welcome our first grandchild. I was excited because he had a light complexion and I boasted about it to his mom.
She jokingly said she wouldn't see me in her next pregnancy so that the baby wouldn't have my color馃槃馃槃.
He had breathing issues when he was little, so they went ahead to run some scans and found out he had a hole in the heart that was affecting his breathing. He needed surgery and he was placed on drugs to manage the illness. Despite his health issues, he was very active, he played and ran around as if nothing was wrong.
I remember how he used to walk to the bathroom and pour water on himself, how he made me do some racing, how he could sing native songs and it sounded smooth on his tongue. I taught him his first word and made a video 馃槃 he still remembers.
Last year miracle happened and he was able to get his surgery done successfully, though there were ups and downs, God did. I am so happy, my mom took him for a checkup yesterday and the doctors said everything was okay and working perfectly and I believe it's permanent.
Watching him grow up has been our greatest joy, he is so smart and strong, ready to learn, a lover of God, he's kind, he takes care of his younger ones, he talks like a 70-year-old man馃槃馃槃. I love him so much and I am so proud of him, he disturbs me a lot and makes me want to pull my hair out but that's children for you. He's a blessing to us.
We decided to have a small party tomorrow. I called a friend who bakes lovely cakes and she said it would be ready by evening today. Later today she called to come to pick it up, I quickly got ready and left early because the place was quite far though. I finally got to my friend's shop, I was eager to see the beauty she made and when I saw it I immediately fell in love with it and salivated. She added small chops to my package as a gift馃榿馃榿.
Taking the cake back home is the real deal so it won't pull off because it is butter icing cake. The drive home was so rough. The bad roads, drivers, the passengers were after the cake life. The one that got me annoyed was when I was almost close to my destination and a lady holding a solar box in her hand entered the vehicle this lady almost destroyed my cake trying to adjust, but I still protected it from suffering damage.
When I got home my nephew was waiting for me at the door and his reaction was priceless and he started naming the cartoon character on the cake. He told everyone that he had cake and that today was his birthday馃槃馃槃. I just want to wish him a happy birthday, wish him great health and strength, wish him more growth, and a long life, wishing him more wisdom and knowledge, wishing him greater things in life he deserves and so much more.
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