My body don start to tell me things I no wan hear

I wake up yesterday morning, my back dey pain me like person wey carry cement for head. I tell myself say na old age dey catch up. But my neighbor, Mama Nkechi, she say Iya Blessing, na your body dey talk to you.

I think about am. For 16 years I dey carry heavy cartons, bend for shop, stand for hours. No rest. We dey ignore small pain because we get mouth to feed. But the body no dey forget.

Now I dey force myself to sit down small between customers. Drink more water. Na small thing but e hard for person wey never stop for 16 years. Wetin be your own body warning wey you dey ignore? 🇳🇬