HAPPINESS WRITES

 This was the umpteenth time🕰️ I was looking up the admission list 📋hoping that some sort of miracle would happen and I would find my name amongst the other lucky students. Apparently, it seems like my miracle will never come to fruition. Oh gosh🤦‍♀️! Father, please help me!😩 Am I destined to be an illiterate!? I shouted out of frustration as I broke down in tears.😭 I was the perfect description of a Jesus girl. I really could not place what exactly was wrong.I had prayed🙇🏼‍♀, fasted, and even sown seeds🌱 of faith. My friends were all preparing to leave for school🎒 for the commencement of a new academic session. Why does it seem like my own admission will have 'K leg'.😔 I continued lamenting, venting out my frustrations until I willingly surrendered to the power of nature... I slept off😴😴 *** Dreaming...💭 "Hey babes, please can you join me, I'm running an errand for my mum" my next-door neighbor who doubles as my very close friend asked. "O...

My name is Samuel👦 and I'm an orphaned errand boy. (Smiles) Wondering why I introduced myself like that? Yes, that is my profession and I believe in hard 💪work. Mrs Bassey👩‍🦱 has sworn to make my life a living hell😩 and my uncle's indifference spoke🗣️ aloud of his undying support to his wife's misdemeanor. I became friends with hoodlums on the street of Lagos. I am not a bad 🦹‍♂️guy, I desire a good life but I was just so unlucky☹️! ---------------- "We've concluded all documentations📃 and all we need from you is your consent" (Mrs Carson said😁, her voice mixed with excitement and uncertainty😒 if I would say yes or no) I stood there transfixed😟, I was bodily present but very far from reality. But wait fesss, how did I get here🤔🤔...( thinking) ---------- "Alaba rú, customer dey find you" ( the sales girl informed me) ( Alaba rú means load carrier in Yoruba language) And the customer turns out to be Mrs Carson👵. "You look s...