King Lamz Turns 24: It ain't over
Well, spoke too soon. Or would it be wrote?
Just when I thought it was over, my friends surprised me. Again. They definitely outdid themselves. This had to be the best week ever.
No VH1.
A couple of my girl friends decided that we should have a movie night on the eve of my birthday. Okay cool. We been meaning to link up anyway. The host, Maria, said that the movie night was at 10:30. Huh? I'm sorry, but I'm a grandma. That's too late for me to make a move, especially when my birthday brunch was at 9 am the next day. But Maria ensured me that we would be done by 11:30.
Did I mention I was a grandma? No, really! I was turning into one, because my body couldn't hang. After work, all I wanted to do was take a nap. Turns out my body wanted more than that because a simple nap turned into hibernation. That was annoying because I had to meet our editor, Toyin, to go over the blog for it's debut, before the "movie night". They wanted to watch Divergent. For crying out loud, I watched it four times already.
As Toyin and I were working on the blog, I could see from the side of my eye that someone was approaching us. Low and behold it was our friend Remi! Thinking he would come and embrace us as he disrespect us with childish remarks, he just looked at me with widen eyes, like a deer stuck in headlights. He just looked at us, turned around and ran. Like Forest Gump. Literally! Thinking he was teasing us, I began to call him back. Welp. Once he hit the corner, shawty never came back. That was so random and so unlike him. But I was too occupied with finishing the site, that I just pondered on the matter in silence.
As 10 pm was approaching, Toyin and I began to wrap up. I scooped my friend, Grace, and we were off to "movie night". As we were approaching Maria's house, I noticed a lot of cars parked outside her house. I was like, "Wow. Someone is having a party." Well, of course someone was. I began to ramble on about my latest conviction, so distracted, I didn't notice that Grace wasn't saying much.
Rambling, I entered the house to find familiar faces in the form of a crowd, facing me.
Surprise!!!
Joke was def on me. Not only did my friend pay for my blog, but they threw me a surprise party.
Friends from all of over, from Philly to Baltimore to down the street, came together to surprise lil ol' me! If I didn't feel love from my friends, today was definitely an overflow of appreciation.
The host, my " twin sister" Esther, started the night with us entering into worship, led by my girl Miracle. We, all as one, began to cry out to the Father. Overwhelmed, I leaned on Esther.
"Daddy, thanks for manifesting your love through others."
Nicole came up and led us into prayer. Every word she spoke over my life found its way into the garden of my heart and began to plant seeds in the ground. I could feel life being spoken into my future.
Feeling free, we all sat down as 5 preselected friends from various stages and difference aspect of my life, took turns giving a speech about me.
You don't know how much you are love, 'til an occasion cause that love to be revealed. I couldn't believe I was being honored this way. It was such a privilege.
So it turns out it wasn't a movie night, at all. Well, duh Olamide. My friends had planned my very own "Blog Launch Party"!!!
Say what!?
Who are these people and what did I do to be able to call them friends!?
I felt like an artist showing their collection as a art showcase. As I gave my impromptus opening speech, I felt all the nervousness leave my body. These people love me so much they were willing to support my passion at all cost and encourage me no matter what.
I felt like a child at a recital as my parents record my solo in the show. Knowing that somewhere out there, is a face, smiling from ear to ear with awe.
Our creative director, Gabe, typed in the url and hit enter. I expected the opening "Welcome" page, but instead there was a banner saying my friends took time out to share how much they love me.
Slide after slide, was pictures of close friends, new and old, professing their love to me and how much they appreciate me. I began to read them all and squealed as the name of the writers were shown
What did do to deserve all this love?
I really thank God for allowing to be loved by so many people. From feeling rejection and opposition from people, to now experience appreciation and acceptance, I have tasted the sweetness of unity among the brethren.
I want to give a shout out to the master mind behind this amazing birthday :)
My very own Tobias! He is different, sort of like a divergent. Can't really categorize him.
