2022, A year of a mixed bag, a hodgepodge
The year 2022 was unique for me in many ways. So unique I for once am joining the crowd in this sometimes-arcane task of writing an undecided elegy or celebratory song to a to-be-exited year. Nearing six decades on earth, I have to confess that there are not many years I can recall having had the effect the year 2022 has had on me. It is a year in which I was repeatedly told more than ever before what I have, that I began to wonder if for years, nay decades, I have not short-changed myself. And yet in the same year, I have felt more vulnerable and unsure of myself than in any previous year. Not even in my sophomore year at the then University of Ife, when I felt everything was crashing around me, when I wasn’t sure it would not be better to pack things up and return home, did I feel this vulnerable. Looking back at happenings in the year, I recall vividly those moments when I felt rewarded by the successes of friends, colleagues and the special people around me. Some of the su...