AGE IS JUST A NUMBER - by Oluwakemi Lijofi

I have come to the complete acceptance that age is just a numberI used to doubt that But at this point ehn, it really is just a number Probably just a yearly count of how long you've been alive You see, age and appearance are completely different things Sometimes your appearance will humble the age written in your birth certificate 😂Age wise, I'm still really young though I will take myself for example:As a child, I had sharp and quick growth. I was big in stature and tall. I had a bigger body than that of my siblings including my older sister... I really liked that 🥹 But along the way, Somehow Somehow Things changed 😂 I lost weight ehnnn 🥺And somehow became short 😂My older sister grew and became bigger and then I felt okayyy okayyyy That's fine No problem After all she's older What was I even expecting? What I didn't even expect was how my younger siblings grew and got bigger. I might still look a little more chubby than my baby sister (the last child) but this girl is really taller than me. She would intentionally come and stand close to me just to remind me that she's taller. I have to stretch my neck before I can see her face else I should forget about it and keep looking at her chest 😂🥺. As for my brother, all I can say is omoooo I can't even go out with this boy in peace.I can remember vividly when we both went with my mum to the market, my brother held the bag we took along while I was holding nothing and then a woman we stopped to buy something from started complaining about how I let my brother carry the bag and was just following him because she thought he was older. I just looked and didn't even smile. I didn't say anything.I let my mum do all the talking and explaining. When people see us together, they'll conclude that *I am the last born* without calculating or even doing research. And sometimes, my sibling and I just go with the flow and don't even try to explain anything 😅. Hmmm,I think I love how I look like the family baby ☺️. I don't know if it's right but I really don't care 🙂‍↔️. Your age only tells people when you were born doesn't determine your weight, height, or how physically mature you look.Two siblings can be years apart and still look the opposite physically So yes, I may have been here before some arrived. I still have my seniority. But as it is now, my appearance doesn't want to support my age and that's fine. I have accepted that my birth order and appearance are completely different factors operating in different systems. I won't be annoyed if you see me and call me the *baby of the house* 😹 Just like I said before, Age is just a number.

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