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Hello family, it's been a month and some days away from the space, and today I am back, although it was a needed break, I was occupied with a lot, so I needed concentration and I needed some time to rest, so I had to do on extinction away from this space, I am back today, hale and healthy and with so much strength to keep the candle burning here. I know I have missed a lot but I intend to get busy here and be updated.

This post was inspired by the #inleo community and my entry to the #Aprilinleo monthly topic on Day 5. It says; ***"Who is your favourite person"***
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The one person who is/was my favourite person, the one person I  would have lived to tag my favourite, my first-ever favourite person is my Late Dad, he was my favourite person because he knew me and understood me better than anyone. He was my first cheerleader, my teacher, the shoulder I leaned on for support and strength to dream big and be whomever I wanted to be.

He was my support system and the best father to me and of course my younger siblings, he was my best friend and everything I needed as a father. I am this lady today because my father understood what it meant to be a father to a girl child and he did well by not neglecting the role and playing it well. He wasn't just a father, he was a present father, who made me understand what life was and made me understand that I shouldn't and didn't have to settle for less, no matter how difficult life was. He made me understand that I could reach anywhere I wanted as long as I put in the effort and sacrifice to get there.
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It's been fifteen years of not having him around, it's been fifteen years of navigating life without my father who was my adviser, my fan, my cheerleader, my best friend, and my movie buddy, it has been fifteen years of experiencing life without him, fifteen years of realizing that most of the things he didn't let me do wasn't because he was trying to inflict his father authority over me but was because he was trying to shield me from harm's way, from dangers many young girls of my age back then faced when they had no father figure over them.

It's been fifteen years of realizing that his warning about me being too carefree and careless about things and always letting my guard down because I like someone or see someone as a friend or family and how it will always expose me to hurt is indeed true, and even though I have paid heavily for learning the hard way, things I should have taken precaution for when he told me about them.
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Fifteen years without my most cherished and favourite person on this planet earth has been years of a roller coaster, every day I thank God I came from his loins, every day I thank God he was alive long enough to instill discipline, morals, value, and impact my life with his teaching and ways of life, it's been fifteen years of wishing death did not steal my favourite person away from me but it did and there is nothing I can do about it right now.

My late Dad was my favourite person until his demise, and in my heart will remain my first favourite person but notwithstanding, **"I am my most favourite person"**. I am my most favorite person, I am my happy place, I am my safe place, and everything I want. Notwithstanding, I do have friends, good friends at that but I will always remain my all-time most favourite person. 

She has stood by me through thick and thin, she has been my encouragement, my motivator, my cheerleader, my happy place, my backbone, and my most trusted.
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Please check out the [inleo prompt here to get involved with this month's daily prompt.](https://inleo.io/profile/leogrowth)
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Thank you for reading!!!
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