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Happy Birthday Kwasi Safo Akonnor @Akonnor_II. I've meant to write this since after your last birthday but I thought to wait till your next. Then I thought to draft it a couple of hours before your birthday but here I am a minute to midnight just starting.
I'm sorry I just woke up. I kept snoozing my alarm. I think I kept postponing writing this to the last minute because I did not know how I was going to write it but I didn't want it to be rehearsed. So here I am pouring my heart out to you as fresh as it flows.
I'd eternally be grateful for meeting you. You are one of the greatest persons I have ever met in my short life. You are selfless and kind and respectful and thoughtful and appreciative and caring and I could keep going on for real but chale… You're a perfect gentleman.
Not only in speech and in manners but at heart too. I think about you all the time with a smile on my face. I think back to the first day I met you. You seemed soo churchy and prim and proper. And you reminded me of an Mfantsipim prefect(funny that you were). You've been a ...
blessing ever since. I think back to all the laughs we’ve shared. I especially enjoyed the Mfantsipim Vs Ghana National College argument with Mr. Theo (God bless his soul). It made me soo happy seeing you excited and literally rolling on the bare ground in our shared room.
You can't deny it, I have videos. I remember all the jokes we had at Richie Kay's expense and how I bullied him( which I am very proud of). I enjoyed the fact that you never treated me like a kid despite being like 5 years older than me.(Yes you're an old man now Safo.)
I remember our "A man likes what he likes" issue. I regret all of that happening, sincerely. There’s soo many things I wish I did differently when we were roommates. It had me stressed 'cause I respect you a lot. You handled it well and it reminds me of how similar and different
...we are. Once I described you as a motivational book and myself as fiction and maybe that's how to explain it. I think highly of you and your opinion of me. I don't know if I've told you before but around a year or two ago, I was blocking your friends I saw on Twitter.
Idk, I just didn't want anyone coming to you with my tweets or me embarrassing you. I thought it reflected negatively on you. Having someone say "Ah Safo, isn't that that your roommate? See what he's been tweeting."
(I'm trying to explain everything here so you don't come and put me on the spot by asking me questions about my tweet.
) A lot of times I wonder why you are still friends with me. I've always been able to figure out why people wanted to be friends with me and what they...
) A lot of times I wonder why you are still friends with me. I've always been able to figure out why people wanted to be friends with me and what they...
...wanted from me but now I wonder why you bother. It made sense when we shared a room but now I still don't know.
Well, you've been the greatest positive influence in my life.
Well, you've been the greatest positive influence in my life.
You dey figa pass. In the humblest way but you dey figa. You do your body ladies’ man saan. You really are the most romantic man I’ve ever met. Soo romantic edey bore me sef. I still have the tall list of options to choose from when I wanted a birthday present for my first...
...girlfriend. You’re actually my relationship goals, I promise. I wish I could share all the the romantic things you’ve done with the timeline. If ever or when I get into a relationship, I’d like to express love as purely as you do. You’re a romantic friend too.
I remember you every single time I eat Mr. Wu’s. Thank you for being there for me when I need you, like when I was depressed. Like when I cried to you on my birthday. It was nice when you came to see me in school to take me out to eat.
Thank you for taking me to see my course advisors and getting me to register my courses when I didn’t want to weeks after school had started. Thank you for trying to help me find my interests and career. Thank you for advising me when I need it.
It was nice when you told me you listened to AdekunleGold because of me and that you went to listen to YEBBA too. It is nice knowing that someone pays attention to and cares about your life
I remember what you told me what your philosophy was. “Build your monument in the hearts of men.” Well, you’ve successfully built yours in mine. I should tell you about this one time, I think it’d help you understand.
I was on the phone with Richie Kay and we were discussing life plans and I was talking about how I wanted my children to be like you but like better versions. Next thing Richie Kay said was, “What again you dey want for this life? Where you go go find better than Safo?’
I know you might be humble and say it’s just because we have not met a lot of people but you cannot deny that this is proof of the positive impact you’ve had in our lives. You’ve been the best example of what a Christian can be and you never forced your beliefs on me.
I appreciate the fact that you aren’t judgemental. You make me want to be better. You’re a major reason why I set goals for my life and want to be better. Not to compete but to be better so I do not embarrass you.
What would it look like if you’re one of the most powerful people in the world and I were to be a nobody? I do not mean poor but goalless and aimless. Every time I come to you with a question, I do not mean to test you but to learn from you.
I am sorry for disappointing all the times I have. I usually have my mind made up about things but you’re the only one whose advice I ask for and actually take into consideration. You’re top 5 most important people in my life.
I know it might not show a lot looking at how I only text you once or twice a month, but I promise you’re always on my mind. Forgive me for being inconsistent. I need to clear something, I wonder if you’d understand.
When I mentioned needing someone to talk to and cuddling with after, that did not apply to every part of my life. There are just times when I just want to rant. Not advised or reassured but just rant, and it’s difficult doing this through text.
I soo did not mean that you “get away till I want to talk to you”. Lol, I always have use for you in my life. I trust you. I always find it funny how you don’t know your place in my life and how you ask me if it’s alright to ask me some questions.
