Happy 50th Birthday Albert Senkubuge Kitamirike
A friend of mine told a very beautiful joke about forgetfulness after the age of 50. The only problem is that I can ’ t remember who that person was. I have always convinced myself that I may have turned 50 but I am not yet scatterbrained. Then something happened this week. I forgot one of my greatest friend ’ s birthday. This was supposed to be a milestone birthday and because this friend of mine lived thousands of miles away, I had planned to surprise him with a call on the morning of his birthday. However, it looks like the more I prepared for it, the more my brain decided to get preoccupied with other things. A week before the day, my mind meandered off and that was it. The next time I remembered was on 1 st March, a whole four days later. You should have seen me when I recalled, I wasn ’ t sure if I had indeed forgotten. I checked all his social media account...
