… a better way of living
Immediately, I dropped off the kids by the side of the road, they rushed excitedly into the mall. The plan was to give them enough time to explore, choose a Christmas present and then come back later to pick them up. We had no tradition of Santa leaving them wrapped gifts on Christmas day. Mum …
Since my mama died, I have avoided talking about her a whole lot. I don’t know why, but somehow its not been so easy talking. Sometimes, she feels like some distant part of my past and at other times, it feels like it was just yesterday we were driving around town together. This night I …
This was not what I initially wanted to write on, but here I am compromising with my brain. To what degree does one need to compromise bearing in mind that a healthy level compromise is needed in life? This discuss does not include compromising on core values that make you who you really are, but …
If you ask a lot of young Nigerians this question, the answer you will most likely get is, ‘Nothing’. Many do not believe Nigeria has done anything for them or has anything left to offer them. The popular slogan across the board now is, ‘I can’t wait to leave this country’. But in the midst …
Weightloss, weightloss, weightloss everywhere. A lot of people these days are quite obssesed with losing weight. Sometimes people go as far as doing extreme things in a bid to lose weight. There are also very popular things people do with the mindset that they help in weightloss but not really. These factors though not harmful, …
As we get older, the dynamics of many of our friendships change. Right now I am in a phase where many of my friends have kids and they are absolutely lovely. But navigating friendships when your friends have kids and you don’t, takes a level of intentionality. With kids in the picture, a lot has …
So I have been researching alternatives to watching so much TV. There are a lot of educative and interesting programs on TV, but there are also an equally huge amount of content that I rather not be viewing. But somehow, the TV is the easiest and fastest thing to sit to watch when one just …
Periods can be inconveniencing, but it would be great if you don’t worsen an already tricky situation. What you eat, before, during and after your period has a huge effect on your period. Recently, I had a period with really painful cramps. I realized that I had eaten a ton of the foods that I …
Today its Saturday. Its getting late and I have just come to realize that I need to get a few things from the store. This store does not open on Sunday, meaning I must go now or wait until Monday. So I have hurriedly thrown on a sweater and put on my shoes, gotten my …
One of the things that destroys any great relationship is the lack of proper communication and the way areas of disagreement are handled. Even in cases where both partners agree and have the knowledge that communication is a very important key to handling differences, it seems sometimes they are never able to communicate in a …
