Y'all see that screenshot right there?

That's my lil brother.

You see that saying.. "until a child tastes the heat of the hearth, they think their mother is just exaggerating the fire?" That is literally this whole screenshot in one sentence.

When I was his age, I was already deep in the trenches. Working, pushing, figuring out life the hard way. I didn't even have pictures of myself back then.. not because I hated photos, but because my head was too full of survival to care about posing.

And this same boy? Every time he saw me looking serious, working, or skipping social gatherings, he’d look at me like I was overdoing it. "Why are you always like this? Life is not that hard, calm down."

One could tell, he was speaking from a place of zero contact with the heat, totally unaware of what it took to keep things running.

Fast forward to 300 level. Small school stress and adult proximity just touch him slightly, and the boy is already typing: 

"Life don hard pass to dey take pictures."?

Guyyyy... no be only me go laugh this laugh o..😂😂, wait.. like you mean you don smell life small?😭😂😂 but honestly, it’s just the ultimate proof. 

You can talk from now till next year, but nobody truly understands the pepper in your stew until it burns their own tongue.

Now he’s standing in that exact spot where even smiling for a random photo feels like extra labor.

 Welcome to the real world, my guy. At least now you know I wasn't just being dramatic...😂😂

Pele aburo.. ndo nwanne m nwoke..😂