The Sunshine in my Today
Something important happened to my heart today four years ago. I'd like to narrate an event...I was at the bus stop when she came and stood to my left. She had a baby strapped to her back and dropped a...
View Articlethe seed of distrust
I ran my hand along the dirty floor under my father's bed. It was the second sweep in less that one minute. I had to find the coin. My coin. The money my mother had given me earlier that morning to buy...
View ArticleMother, please...
It was my second visit in a week to the hospital. I sat nervously as the gynaecologist read the report of the medical test I had done on my first visit."Well madam," he removed his glasses, putting...
View ArticleI Saw My Boss Naked
I followed Miss Pretty Face Receptionist down the hall to the right and found myself in a large boardroom. "Please sit," Pretty Face pointed at the seat at the end of the long table. I obeyed,...
View ArticleBringing Down my Chinese Walls
It hasn't been a long time since I started this blog. The purpose is for me to write my memoirs - events as they happened in my growing years and until some three years back. But I realized that any of...
View ArticleMe, Ralph and the Puppet Show
The other day, my husband, Ralph, found an old picture of me and laughingly commented on how innocent I had looked. "I couldn't have known you would change." he added, shaking his head in mock...
View ArticleMy thinking on a successful marriage
I was thinking recently about how one can make a marriage work. So, I profiled some marriages of persons around me or known publicly. Actually, I spoke with some of the couples. Hence, these points....
View Articlecorrupt leader vs corrupt father
It is often said in Nigeria that “our leaders are corrupt”. Many believe and assert that politics is a dirty game in which the participants’ souls become soiled and blackened by the intrinsic nature of...
View Articlehow to heal a wounded soul
Actually, this post should be have been entitled, "how do I help heal a wounded soul?"I was having a talk with a relative of mine recently on her reported behaviour at university, etc. As we talked,...
View ArticleMy First Time
I was reading Writefreak's post on her first time. When I first saw the title, honestly, I thought she was going to talk about her first sexual experience. Ha ha! I know some may be surprised at my...
View ArticleFinding roots for the biz
Has anyone got a good idea of what steps I can use to firmly establish my new business? Useful tips are very welcome.I am scheduled to speak with that relative of mine soon and I honestly haven't got...
View ArticleDo I love my husband?
I (believe) that I love my husband and trust me, we make it a habit to say it all the time. But when I'm really upset with him, I just can bring myself to say, "I love you" to him. Sometimes, I wonder...
View Article7 Quotes on Love
1. Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit. - Alexandre Dumas2. A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of...
View ArticleEvergreen Gifts
Gifts are beautiful to share especially when they are of the right kind. Whatever the season or occasion (or lack of it), gifts are a perfect way of appreciating your friends and loved ones or a way of...
View Article16 Random Things...
This post is an attempt to say a lot and yet reveal nothing... I hope it makes sense.1. I don't like to cook but I do it anyway.2. When around 9yrs of age, my dad compelled me to regularly read...
View ArticleA Name as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
I've heard the statement, "What's in a name?" a thousand times before. When I read DB's post on normative determinism, I thought I had left a good response to his write up. But on a return visit to his...
View ArticleHaving a pun-filled day
Punning is an art of harmonious jingling upon words, which, passing in at the ears, excites a titillary motion in those parts; and this, being conveyed by the animal spirits into the muscles of the...
View ArticleGoing on sabbatical...
.Hey all,I'll be off blogville for sometime. I've got a major project going on and I'm not sure I can do the two (blogging and the project) together effectively. I feel it's nice to put up this post...
View ArticleReturn
In a few days, it would be 3months of my being away from Blogville. Truth be told, I was almost getting used to not putting up any posts. Initially when I took a break, I wasn't sure I would be able to...
View ArticleWhat's your passion?
."There are many things in life that will capture your eye, but very few will capture your heart. These are the ones to pursue. These are the ones worth keeping.".
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