#BN2015Epilogues: Morountodun’s Year of Becoming a Woman

Last year BellaNaija Features put together an inspiring feature series to round off the year. The 2014 Epilogues featured 10 real people who took an introspective look at their year and wrote about it. This year, we decided to make the call public to our readers. {Click here if you missed it} It is our hope and desire that we will have enough entries to have a story up every day from the 1st to the 31st of December. We have received an impressive number of entries and we hope that you will share yours with us.

We kicked off the series with the entry by Jennifer G! {Click here if you missed it} Today, BellaNaijarian, Morontodun shares her year’s lessons with us. We hope you reading it as much as we enjoyed sharing it with you.

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2015. The year I quit my job to pursue further studies. I was a hardworking 24-year old working with much older people, yet my boss would only accept reports from me because he thought no one could do it as well as I would. Then I walked into his office on a February morning to say I wanted to leave. My colleagues, my boss, my boss’s boss…everyone thought I was crazy. I was doing so well, why would I want to leave? Because I knew I was destined for so much more!

2015. The year my boyfriend decided he was tired of me being just a girlfriend. After over 3 years, he popped the question in March. At his birthday party. Which was meant to be all about him. But became about me. About us.
2015. The year I became a wife. Mrs. I’m not even going to lie—it does feel good, this change of status that happened in my life in August. However, that is not the end to my achievements in life. I see it as a mere beginning of greater things ahead of us, my husband and I.

2015. The year I clocked 25. Three days after my wedding and there was yet another reason to rejoice—God added another year unto my life! I woke up that day, the first in September, overwhelmed with blessings.

2015. The year I travelled out of Africa for the first time. I had been trying to start my Masters program for about two years, but each time there seemed to be one issue or another. First, I got the admission but no visa. I tried again, still no visa. Then I changed direction, decided to explore more of Africa. To my greatest shock and embarrassment, this time no admission at all. It felt like the universe was against me. I was going to try one last time before accepting that I was never meant to see the world, but then it finally worked out—somewhere I had never considered. And it’s so beautiful! I never hesperred it!

2015. The year the girl became a woman. I am thankful for each day, with its little challenges and great victories. I would mention them all if I could. I am confident that He who has brought me this far will complete his marvelous work in my life. And I am just excited to see what the New Year brings!

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