It’s twenty years today 13th may 2022. I have not given myself permission to have these memories in over a decade, heck over 15 years. The last time I allowed my mind travel I was on a road trip to Lagos to shop for my wedding, that was May 2016. …
Having friends has never been my strength. As a young girl I prayed many prayers I really wanted to be a “people magnet” but alas I am far from that. To make matters worse for me, my mom and all my sisters are effortlessly people magnets. Jeez! It wasn’t easy …
My relationship with the rainbow is a long and friendly one. As a child I was simply gobsmacked that all those colours could just be in the sky randomly( at least thats what my childlike mind thought). I was always really happy to see the rainbow colours in bubbles too …
The first time I experienced culture shock , I was 8 years old and yes my memory is fantastic . I had travelled home to Otukpo for Christmas with my family. Now if you’re Nigerian you know what this means. For those who know not, a lot of us live …
In my previous blog I was simply going to blog about planning a wedding but somehow ended up blogging about my grieving process you can read it here. Choosing a chief brides maid (maid of honour) was one of the most stressful parts of my wedding. I had always known …
So my baby sis’ died in 2002…... The buildup to my wedding was the first time I really missed her in many years. When she died something in me died and to be honest I didn’t even realize it up until recently. Growing up I was a music person; my …
I was reading a post on instagram recently and it got me reflecting on my life. I will post a link here but for the benefit of those not interested in going to another page, the writer tweeted/narrated how an experience she had in primary school cost her 15 years …
So at some point in my career I worked in customer service for a little over 2 years and believe me when I say for the first time in my talkative life I talked until my mouth hurt (I mean this literally… its not an expression). Customer service in Nigeria …
This particular story is not super interesting but in the spirit of telling a story I will tell it…. So like I have shared I am now a mother to one absolutely fabulous baby but if you ever read my blog “pregnancy envy” then you will know that the journey …
It’s 2:am here and I just signed into my blog for the first time in a while and I just realized, it’s been two years since my last actual blog post or technically 25 months depending on how you count. I’ve had one post last year but to be honest …