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In sharing her experience with me, a young lady wrote, ‘’I remember a conversation that I had with an elderly man sometime back. I complained that it is becoming increasingly challenging for a young lady to get what she wants in this environment with legs closed. “Someone would always demand a ‘’thank you’’ in kind-even […]
Continue ReadingI told you that I have cut a long story short, right? One of the things that I didn’t point out is the HARD life of an average single mother. There are different days in the life of a single mother but they are unlike your normal days of the week. There are days of […]
Continue ReadingI’m starting this discourse with an experience that a lady shared with me recently. Read her, “I was a university undergraduate when we met. He was incredibly funny and handsome. He was on his way to becoming a lawyer. And was on one of those their ‘’attachments’’ in the city. I felt he was someone […]
Continue ReadingI didn’t know how much of my self-worth went down the drain, until much later. Do you know that I would often go to occasions and find ways to “pack” food that we would eat that day and the next? “I shudder now remembering how people used to look at me then. To cut the […]
Continue ReadingI am sharing the experience of a lady that wrote to me recently to encourage that person who’s probably wondering where God is in their circumstances. ‘’My mother would look at me and say “…but people always say you would be the light of the family. When will that happen?” “However, I must admit that […]
Continue ReadingShe has just been notified that her husband was murdered about two weeks back. And that she (and the children) should come home to mourn him. Her response to all that was said to her remains “Mourn him for what?” According to her, their last child doesn’t even know the father. He left them when […]
Continue ReadingI have been praying that the next update I would receive about the incident will be one in which the perpetrator is in handcuffs, already! It’s about the young boy that has what’s claimed to be razor cuts on his body. He was bleeding profusely from various parts of his body and it was his […]
Continue ReadingHere’s my response to last week’s message. In every phase of life, we must find the courage to confront an inevitable end when it happens. Believe it or not, what is happening with your girl is one of such ends. It simply means that her journey under your watch will never be the same again. […]
Continue ReadingIn narrating her experience with a domestic help to me, a lady wrote, “She started living with my family as a young girl. I have two kids and she was there when they were all born. In fact, when I had a miscarriage with my first pregnancy, she was there. “My husband and I took […]
Continue ReadingI am starting these (Dear Sister) series with the message I received from a lady about her relationship experiences. She wondered if her unpleasant experience with a man she dated for three years (and he later left her) had blocked her way with men. It would seem as if every other man she met afterwards […]
Continue ReadingAs our friendship blossomed, he asked me to get him a particular Bible that I use; he liked my analysis of the deuterocanonical books, especially Sirach. I took the Bible to him at his place of work and he gave me 10K for a Bible that I bought for about N800 at the time. As […]
Continue ReadingOver the years, I have picked a rather disturbing sentiment from men about the attitude of most wives to the man’s folks. I often say that those that will come into the lives of our children treat us as we have treated those we are in the lives of their children. If you can earnestly […]
Continue ReadingThis message came from a man who (in reaction to my article) chose to graciously tell his story. The man said, “Most women don’t find it funny when a man insists on not dating a woman that already has children but if the men that have gone through such experiences tell you their story, you […]
Continue ReadingThe only time to start living your best life is NOW. Not later or when you feel you will be ready. As you work hard, normalise savouring the fruits of your labour and helping others when they need it most. My deceased relation denied himself a lot to “gather enough.’’ But at the end of […]
Continue ReadingI lost a loved one recently and once again, the lessons from the experience came flooding. The first lesson is a reminder to ALWAYS do what needs to be done immediately it comes to mind because there’s no guarantee the opportunity will come again. This implies to every aspect of our lives. Whenever an issue […]
Continue ReadingAnother lady also reached out to me and her message reads, “Let me just say that I am currently swimming in a pool of regret. Our mother died when I was less than 10 years old and that’s when I stepped into her shoes in the lives of my four younger siblings; three males and […]
Continue ReadingIn sharing her experiences with me, the lady told of how their parents died young and she began early in life to play the mother hen to her younger brothers. Said she put herself through a lot to train them in school. She added, “Although, I am blessed with material success, one is not lucky […]
Continue ReadingIt’s difficult not to take in the different Naija characters that one often comes across on blog sites, especially if you are like those of us (silent readers) who also bother with the comment section. There’s the one that seems to go there just to correct people’s grammar. This character hardly contributes to the discourse o but […]
Continue ReadingWhen a lady wrote me some time back, she narrated her experiences at the hands of an in-law thus, “I joined this family a little over 16 years ago and nothing seems to be out of place in her character. Then, I was freshly out of an abusive marriage with a toddler in tow but […]
Continue ReadingThanks to WhatsApp “share-share” of all sorts of video clips, I recently got to know about a rather overfed (he looks Pregnant!) fellow that is making the waves in the arena of Nigeria’s ‘miracle seekers.’ Much as I find a lot about him (especially his religious slangs) a comic relief, his growing materialism is actually […]
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