{"id":7897,"date":"2013-10-01T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T04:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=7897"},"modified":"2013-09-30T22:22:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T02:22:33","slug":"happy-53rd-birthday-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/social\/happy-53rd-birthday-nigeria.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy 53rd Birthday, Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Nigeria&#8217;s 53rd birthday today. I&#8217;m not going to focus on all the things that are going wrong and could go better. I&#8217;m just going to be thankful for my country. I&#8217;m thankful that I get to call myself a Nigerian. I&#8217;m grateful for the cultural diversity in Nigeria, for the beautiful people of Nigeria, for their impeccable sense of humor, for their fighting spirit, and for their gracious hearts. I am grateful for our leaders: past, present, and especially one future one. If I wasn&#8217;t from Nigeria, I would be from Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Nigerian-Flag.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7898\" alt=\"Nigerian Flag\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Nigerian-Flag.png\" width=\"528\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Nigerian-Flag.png 528w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Nigerian-Flag-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy birthday, Nigeria. I hope to some day make a tangible difference in you. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Nigeria&#8217;s 53rd birthday today. I&#8217;m not going to focus on all the things that are going wrong and could go better. I&#8217;m just going to be thankful for my country. 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