The Funny thoughts of a Leap Year Born


My name is Chizitere Mbakwe Okwor, Mother, Wife, Media Personality, MC, Blogger, Media Content Developer, Humanitarian and God’s very own. 
I was born on 29th February a couple of decades ago... anyone notice there’s no 29th this month? Does that mean I don’t have a birthday this year? Yea, you wish! I do have a Birthday this year and it’s on the 28th of this month! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚.
So over the years, I have had to deal with being a leap year/day born. For instance, when I am doing an online registration on a year that isn’t a leap year and input 29th feb, it sometimes do come back as error! πŸ˜³πŸ˜„really? Facebook used to be really confused too on which day to pick as my birthday on years that are not leap year, so I think they just decided to give me two days to celebrate, 28th and 1st of March!🀣. 
One time when I was in the University, year one to be precise, i had a few friends come over for a small feast to mark my day... quite fortunately, they came alone with nice gifts and beautiful cards... everything was going on well, until till Chinelo, my roommate decided to start screaming, “it’s not her birthday ooo, she lied o, it’s not her birthday o!” My guests were confused... Already, guys believe girls lie about their birth dates so they can get special treatments and gifts, so looking at my few guest that day, that moment, I could see betrayal on their faces as they waited for me to explain and thus I began... “I was born 29th not 28th actually so when a year doesn’t have 29th I celebrate on the 28th”. Did my explanation make sense? To some of them, yes, to others not really... I need not mention that it was an awkward birthday  that year...
Within my Clan, Talking about Relations and Friends, there are two groups. One group do not waste time to tell me I don’t have a Birthday on non leap years and would even go ahead to tell everyone who cares that they shouldn’t mind me, send me gifts or greetings because it’s really not my birthday. This group is further divided into two, One part are only being mischievous and often end up wishing me well after they have thoroughly had funny with the situation, the other hold strong to their claims that I don’t have a Birthday and never even type a simple ‘hbd’! The second group in my clan are the sweetest ones, they will often tell me, ‘don’t mind them dear’ you are unique and special that’s why your birth date is different, this includes my Mum. They would often make noise about my birthday, buy me surprise gifts and sometimes surprise parties or outings or you know, they just make me enjoy the day😍!
I have never also met a Birthday mate in reality! Na only me waka come?πŸ˜³πŸ™„πŸ˜›
So generally how do I feel about all of this? When I was much younger, I spent sooo much time defending myself and my birth date trying to convince people that it’s just like every other date but a bit more special 😜. 
However, for a really long time now, I have learnt to sincerely appreciate the total Uniqueness of being born on the 29th February... God makes everything perfect most especially me!πŸ˜ƒπŸ’ͺ🀩😁
So it’s my birthday again in a week, but I am choosing to write this now... Happiest Birthday to me in Advance 
#OnlyPraise
#GratefulHeart

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