I wish I could see what I looked like when I was just a baby. My face, smile, hands...everything. My parents only tell me how I behaved, but they cannot describe perfectly what I looked like, and even if they could, I would still want to see for myself.
(L-R photo of my brother and me)
I have five sisters and a brother, and neither me nor my brother have a picture of us when we were kids, but my sisters do. So one day, I decided to ask my mum, and she told me the saddest story ever
Here's what she said:
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"You two are not the only boys we had. There were three boys before you two, but they died few days after we took pictures of them. Then we started looking for male children -in some parts of Nigeria, there is a high value placed on male children - and when we had you and your brother we decided not to take pictures of you two till you were much older"
I really admire it when people posts throwback pictures of themselves when they were kids, and I feel sad sometimes because am not able to. But I understand the actions of my parents, it was one borne out of the love not to loose me and I know it wasn't easy for them and this has brought me great relief.
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