How is the best way to tackle your mistakes? You learn from them and make the best out of the situation while you still can.
Twitter user, @chydee, earlier today, shared a story a friend told him. An old pal from University days who had spent the better of her life as a student wilding and living recklessly had somehow turned her life around and is now the owner of some of the biggest boutiques in Enugu.
But that’s not the best part; she will be getting married to the love of her life sometime next month.
Man, someone sent me this story last night and I asked if I can share. She said it’s alright, and her friend is okay with it. Follow me. pic.twitter.com/E4JqD5eCrU
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
(I have changed her name for obvious reasons).
The next few tweets are in her voice. As she sent them.
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
Her friend is testament that one’s past doesn’t exactly determine your future
B, let me tell you about my friend Uju and our wild uni days! She is a testament that your past (sometimes) doesn’t determine your future.
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
So, uni was a roller coaster! Wild nights, drinking binges, endless partying, hangovers, trips to Abuja to party with politicians …etc. pic.twitter.com/VZ1U8IVjoG
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
While one friend ‘received sense’, the other kept wildin’
But I had the good sense to bow out before things got drastically out of hand. My friend Uju? Not so much.
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
But then, when you go from scratch to being flown to Dubai …
Not to say I blame her. When you come from nothing & suddenly someone is flying you to Dubai, taking care of all your needs. Hard to say no. pic.twitter.com/xMooRI4w0G
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
Uju chose the good life. Sometimes, made it to class once a week. Other times we don’t see her at all. But when she’s around, everyone knows
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
Her friend, ‘Uju’, lived the life!
Uju chose the good life. Sometimes, made it to class once a week. Other times we don’t see her at all. But when she’s around, everyone knows
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
She’d roll in with flashy cars and throw the wildest parties. Uju was THAT girl.
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
Things started ‘getting real’, though
Fast forward to final year, Uju is pregnant and wouldn’t go through yet another abortion. This caused a huge rift between her & sugar daddy pic.twitter.com/h6XuDc2YKQ
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
He cut all ties with her and even threatened to kill her if she so much as dared to contact him.
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
Bad grades & an unplanned pregnancy is hardly the best way to thank your poor single mother so yeah, Uju’s mom wasn’t accommodating at all.
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
She moved to Enugu to stay with her grandmother. Didn’t even get to go for NYSC with the rest of us. pic.twitter.com/FuzifTMcXa
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
But all the hard times didn’t deter Uju
But you know that thing about someone being down and not defeated? That was Uju’s case.
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
She started a fashion business with the money she had saved and threw herself into it, plus raising her baby girl who’s 6 this year.
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
Now she’s making her own money
Uju now has two of the biggest fabric stores in Enugu and is currently setting up one in Abuja. pic.twitter.com/Brx77537lu
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
All these years, and Mr. Sugar Daddy has still not tried to check on his daughter – or if she was ever born.
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
Uju has moved on and will be walking down the aisle with the love of her life this August.
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
See, do not let your past (mistakes) define you. Learn from them. Rise from them and flourish. pic.twitter.com/MfQYCxf3gE
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) July 6, 2017
Talk about not letting your mistakes define your future.
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