Darling, it's our Anniversary!

Hey, my love, it is our 20th anniversary and I cannot wait to share this momentous journey of ours with the world. I was barely 10 when I met you, I remember my cousin Seun taking me to meet you at the café, cybercafé, yea that was a thing back then. You were memorable, sweet, interesting, and ever so smart. Darling internet terror of some, lover of mine, I loved you then and I love you now.

Let me begin by sharing with these kind readers beautiful memories we share. I once made a friend via yahoo! Messenger (yea that one) so many years ago, I cannot recall when exactly but he is the only “Tunde” with a good heart. We had good times, we were friends as far as friendship goes but he had the “sickle cell” disease and last I heard of him he was on dialysis, you see every time I log on to any chatroom on your space darling I keep praying he would pop up again and I can get to tell him even if I got only one chance “ I love you Tunde and you are strong”. I guess I lost that one but the memory of such a glorious friendship made via the web would forever be cherished. I guess I made a few terrible friendships here, but nothing turned out bad. Yea still on friendships and connections thank you for bringing my “Omotola” and all other lost childhood friends back into my world…Facebook would forever be a sweetheart.
Since we are at it, thank you for being my safe space when I was depressed or sad or just feeling I was the only one going through a phase. You held me with the comedy skits, the journals, the articles, the poetry and everything else you provide for both my comfort and joy. Now I am not saying you are a sadness alleviator, but you damn well try and most times you succeed. I cannot thank you enough for keeping my head in place, seems normal but I thank you.

Now let’s talk about the wealth of information you possess, thank you for doing my calculations, warning me about the weather, being my map, my dictionary and grammar corrector, my English, History, Government, Literature, Science, Economics and all round teacher. I would make so many blunders daily if it were not for you. Thank You. Especially for Wikipedia, Thank You.

Thank you for the books, thank you for the tutorials, thank you for the amazing/not so amazing Twitter and Instagram connections/forums, thank you for the music, thank you for the Ted Talks and lessons, thank you.

Last week I fixed my weave for the first time and I took up gardening, both turned out well, turns out I knew nothing about these from anyone else but you darling. I am now a part time chef, research buff, writer, fake manicurist, gardener, indoor exercise researcher, hair mender, blogger, podcast presenter, digital marketer amongst other things because you made all these look so simple and attainable. You are my daily motivator and I cannot thank you enough.

I would stop right there with the accolades my love. I would check in with you on our 25th anniversary having graduated from more online schools. Keep being a learning hub and a safe space for most.

Yours sincerely,
Yenique.