I had a more elaborate essay planned on food and how it makes friendships flourish but it started to ring a little hollow when I realized that I’d be celebrating my 26th birthday alone. This would be a marked difference from my 25th for which I held a pool party but it’s eerily similar to my 22nd that I spent hospitalized at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital for severe depression.
Happy Birthday tse tse Gothica.
You’re resilience personified.
I wish you happiness that flows like water 🤍