As the lyrics go;Go shawty it's your birthday, we gon' party like it's yo birthday, we gon' sip bacardi like it's your birthday.
This blog post is write to celebrate the life of a very beautiful friend, Benita Iyeli, who was born on this day, February 28th some decades ago(I would not reveal her age).
Benita is an Urhobo girl from the every awesome Delta State in Nigeria, she is a student of BELLS UNIVERSITY, CEO @riiwowlashes, a make-up artist, YouTube content creator.
I met Benita in the prestigious Seat of Wisdom Model Schools, Ekpan, it was the first day of Grade five(Primary Five), as fate would have it, her seat was just behind mine, young Benita was full of life, outspoken, fun-loving, smart(she amazingly still has all this good features).
Initially, we did not hit off as 100% of my friends then were boys, our friendship started because of my appreciation for music, I was singing a certain song by some popular kids at that time, halfway into the song a sweet voice joined, I turned back and it was Benita, we sang more songs from the album(p.s we were no Ed Sheeran and Beyonce).
The next morning after assembly she smiled as she greeted me, I replied back with a smile too, we grew closer day by day, she was the cousin to my best friend then(Fega Eruse), we chatted when possible(because then it seemed like there was this huge magnetic field separating boys from girls, if you are seen talking to a girl you would be termed 'woman wrapper'), three terms went as fast as the waters on a fall, after our common entrance examination she left to Faith Academy to start JSS1(Junior Secondary School 1).
We lost contact till my SS1(when I finally got a phone that could '2go'), I was glad to have a friend back, we reminisced on past memories and she promised to come see me in Seat of Wisdom, I looked forward to the day and I didn't not take too long, she came at our closing hours and we met, I had to admit Benita had grown(well they say girls grow faster than boys at a young age) three years away had done good wonders, I was shy for a bit, but it wore off. We continued seeing each though not frequent.
Time pasted, boys became menπ and girls started slaying πΈ. We are now further up the ladder in our university, so we are a lot more busy and we have some stuffs on our plate, but we still keep contact as friends should do. Of all the changes that come with growth, Benita still retained her ability to be naturally(behind all the make up is still that sweet Urhobo girl). I am grateful to God for bringing her so far and I pray for strength in all her endeavors. Once again, Happy Birthday Benita π
Happy Birthday Benita π
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