A sad day that I can never forget

It was my birthday that year and according to the custom of my family, when any of us is celebrating a birthday, we always have a small dinner party.

So, on this faithful day, which is my birthday, I woke up and went to the chapel in our house for morning prayer with other members of the family. After the prayer, they all waited to sing for me and congratulate me.

And after singing and laughing, we all went out for our morning duty.

In the evening, the table had been set, so many things that I did not even expect to see that day was actually there and I was feeling on top of the world, we bless the food and started dishing it out, the eating started shortly, and we are all having fun.

Then my guy in the family said there should be questions for the celebrant or that they should give advise and encourage me as I will be starting another journey in life.

Everybody started saying so many funny things, things I didn't remember doing, and the ones I remembered, all memories, I could feel my head swelling up🥰, I was blushing and feeling excited at the same time, It was now my dad's turn to give his speech, advice, or words of encouragement.

As I was waiting for him patiently, he finally started to talk and the first thing he will say is *I AM NOT PROUD OF YOU AS A FATHER*🤦‍♀️🤔

At that moment, I lost all the good fun that had been inside of me and immediately, I became very sad.

He looked at my face and noticed I wasn't smiling, I was not happy to hear that from him, he finished his drink and went inside because he needs to rest.

I was so quiet where I was, the guy that brought up the suggestion was feeling sad about it, I summon the courage and told him not to worry, well different people with different perceptions about me, and he didn't say that to discourage me but for me to get my head straight and work on myself in the new year👌.

After I finished talking to my friends, we went back to our drink and talked about another thing. My dad then came out and gave me a warm hug and said he heard how I explained his word to my friends and he's very happy that I did not take it otherwise 😊 he then presented my gift to me and prayed for me🥰

It was a sad day for me but turn out to end well, I guess adding another age to my year added more sense to my brain.

The End.

This story wasn't mine, but it is original, it was inspired by a friend Moyinoluwa Amoke. I hope you enjoyed reading it, she's someone that reads my article always and also plan on joining this platform soon, I hope she has a strong heart when there is a dip in the market price😂😂