If I called you my friend, there must be something about you that led me to accept you into my inner circle. But here is what I want to ask today – do you really value the relationships in your life? I am not one given to the art of making friends. I am a […]
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“My eyes dey open. I dey see my pikin” ~Pidgin English “I can see. Yes, I can see my child.”~ English But this is how a blind woman welcomed her child into the world. Powerful words spoken during the birthing process. Imagine a woman whose eyes are shut to the beauty and awesomeness of God’s
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And this I will never forget……. Our relationship began about 7 years ago, a few years after I got married and relocated to another part of Lagos. Our first encounter obviously led to our long buyer-seller relationship. Iya ……….. was friendly and treated her customers nicely. Even when she was overwhelmed by the influx of
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If you are a Nigerian and grew up in the 90’s, you may have come across one Nigerian movie that kept a lot of families glued to their screens. It was a movie with a lot of twists, turns and suspense. It also had us see one actress grace our screens at that time, delivering
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“Declutter : To remove clutter from, to tidy.” I have and still have a habit of giving away things. My mother can testify from way back that some of all those things she kept hidden away, for no specific purpose risked being given away anytime I was around. I obviously never got used to the
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Her name came to heart and I decided that day to put a call across to her. She sounded a bit tired and heaved deep breaths while pausing between words as she replied my words. I guessed the pregnancy must have taken a toll on her and I quickly encouraged her to hang in there,
What if I never got to feel the excitement that comes with missing ‘Little Miss Red’. What if I never got to see that ‘double pink line’ that always seems to elude the pregnancy stick, especially when trying for a baby. What if I never got to feel those tiny flutters in my womb as
I wrote this post some days ago in honour of the girl child….. “Aunty, I will like to go back to school one day”. These were the words of a young teenage girl I met many years ago. She sold recharge cards around the stadium in town, while I was in the University. And then
I stood alongside a woman a few weeks ago in the market. She was tall, bubbly and looked like she was in her 40’s. She had a friendly look and also many words to speak, but something in the words she spoke made me turn my entire focus on her. How does a young married
Do you get worn out sometimes doing the same things over and over again in your journey as a mom? There are many quick ways to get inspiration as a mom raising young children. It is true that there are times you feel like shutting out from the world around you just to regain your
