FROM CHIZZY’S DIARY 👇👇👇 POEM 103 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗯𝘆𝗲𝗧𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱, 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲-𝗯𝘆-𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 […]
I once read a quote by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov that said, “Don’t tell me the moon is shining, show me the glint of light on broken glass”. Whilst I do not condemn telling for there is a place for it in every story, in parenting, there are more reasons to show more than there […]
Everybody hopes and prays for a happy and peaceful old age. Every parent envisages a beautiful end of life where they’ll be loved and taken care of by their spouses or their children. That becomes their retirement plan. Is that enough? Do you depend solely on your children or your spouses to care for you […]
#2024blessings 2024 has been a turbulent year. It has recorded many losses and deaths that are enough to keep one down and sad. However, Psalms 66 counsels us to count our blessings instead of numbering our losses and to cultivate a heart of thankfulness. I have counted mine and named them one by one, and […]
FROM CHIZZY’S DIARY 👇👇👇 POEM 103 𝗧𝘄𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿, 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗔 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝗢𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲, 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗡𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲’𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝘄𝗼, 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲’𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 […]
Hey Fam! What do you love about Christmas these days? Back in the day, it was… The weather (Harmattan or Snow). The communal living and family visits. The special meals and bottles of drinks that we got to eat and drink. The knockouts/fireworks we threw outside, or we watched others throw as we enjoyed the […]
Jia Tolentino, in his published essay titled, ‘Always be Optimistic’, narrated the burden women feel to look attractive and appealing. The constant dissatisfaction with their appearance and pressure to enhance their beauty with anything within their reach and always be “‘optimizing”. This pressure is felt not only by women but by men too and increasingly […]