Well this script is one of many that isn’t written by me. Well I had decided to put up this one long ago before it was ever written by someone who by this time you would know. It was written by her, yeah you know the only HER in my life. 
You get the whole point. Ok! Ok! I will put it up.
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It has been one long tiring day.
When such a comment is made, what instantly comes to mind? Perhaps, you might be thinking the writer could be a mason who is very stressed out after a tedious days work at the construction site, especially after that heavy downpour the previous night. Or one might say this could be a very tired secretary who had so much paperwork to do at the office, she had to miss her lunch break, coupled with the fact that she retired from work at 10:30pm! Another person who is more conversant with domestic activities would be certain this person is just an over burdened housewife trying to relax after a hard days work.
But in actual facts, the above instances couldn’t have been more wrong than the word itself. The truth is I have actually done nothing the whole day! Okay, I take that back. I did surf the net, chat with my cousin; Peter and much later in the day, do a bit of cooking. But for one who is used to cleaning, cooking, tidying, baby-sitting and generally just being a typical house-keeper, the day was not very fulfilling.
“What could she probably be driving at?” you might be wondering. Just be patient, would you? It’s to be some kind of surprise.
“So why was such a statement made in the first place?” you still ask. Oh well, I guess I could tell you that. But as it has been one long tiring day, lets put it off to another day, shall we?
Oh…ha-ha… you didn’t actually think I was going to leave you hanging like that, did you? Of course not! That statement was made because even though I didn’t do anything in terms of house work and chores, a lot did happen… a lot has happened! But to make it easier to understand, lets start together from the beginning, shall we?
It all began on the 16th of June, 2008. That date does ring a bell. Oh! I remember now. That’s the birthday of my closest childhood friend, Ruth. Unfortunately, I seldom hear from her nowadays. Anyway, that’s beside the point.
On this day, which happened to be a Monday, I was extremely bored. It was just like every other Monday. There was no cleaning, cooking or tidying up to do (that had been taken care of during the weekend) neither was there any baby-sitting to carry out; my five siblings were in school already. I had gotten tired of watching TV and sleeping and I really didn’t feel like eating. So I just lie on my bed; staring at my wall paper, with the teddy bears all over, trying to figure out something to keep myself busy.
Then a light bulb went off in my head. The internet! My dad had just newly installed a mobile internet in our home. I sat up trying to remember where he usually kept the modem. Yes! In the second drawer of his study table. I scurried out of bed and bounded
down the stairs to his study room. Sure enough, it was right where I thought it would be.
Soon enough, I was on the net and had completely lost track of time. I don’t know why but for some strange reason, I decided to open up an old account of mine that had supposedly expired. It turned out to be the best thing I had done that day. Now, I hadn’t tried opening this particular account in months, but just that day, I did. It still beats my imagination. What would have happened had I not thought to open it? I guess, it was just meant to happen. God just planned it that way. Like a really special friend of mine would say, God happened!
Well, to my surprise and amazement, it opened! Note: I had abandoned this account for almost a year! I was even more surprised to see I had so many unread messages in my inbox. I think it numbered about 1117! Wow!!! Say it again! I felt the same way too! Some of these messages were junk mail. You know those mails you haven’t the slightest clue from where they came. Well, as you can imagine, I deleted all of them. As I did, I noticed this particular message from an Edwin Bonney. Now this wasn’t the first time this person was sending a mail to me, but it was the first time he was sending a real message. Don’t worry, I’ll explain what that means, just stick with me on this, okay? The thing is that, for a very long time he just forwarded messages, you know, the send-or-die kind…
Oh! Forgive me! I know you probably must be wondering “Who the hell is Edwin Bonney? And what does he have to do with all of this?”
Well, Edwin… he is the perfect definition of a friend. “And what is this definition?” I’ll tell you:
…A friend is one on whom one may pour out the contents of ones heart, chaff and grain together knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift them, separating the grain from the chaff, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness and love, blow the rest gently away…
He is such a gentleman and quite true to the rumors, is who you would call “The Ladies Man”.
Hold your horses, for I will write no more. He is the reason for which I write and if you permit, I intend to unveil him bit by bit, so please try not to ruin the surprise.
Now back to the main story…
Well, this time he sent a hand-typed message and taking a quick glance at my inbox messages, I couldn’t help but notice it. I was taken aback with surprise at first, because I really wasn’t expecting it. I mean for someone who was hardly an acquaintance, I had to be.
I opened it and read it. I noticed it was a very old mail, sent sometime in September last year. In it he just asked after me and all. You know, the basics. Well, to cut the whole long story short, one thing led to another and we ended up being best of friends.
It’s not that I want to cut the story short because I know by this time I must have had you itching to know more about this person but hey, what’s the hurry? Just stick and stay with me and you’ll find out, alright?
But then, maybe we’ll continue in another script. For now, just ponder on the little you know if you please.
God sends some particular friends our way at the times we need them most. I’m sure you must be nodding in agreement because it’s so true. Edwin is one of those friends and I just thank God for the day he came into my life.
Have you thanked God for that special someone He put in your life? Incase you haven’t, do so this minute because you never know what might happen in the next. You might just be surprised at what might happen! Go on, do it right now!
JOY ADJEMAN
