This was my reality at a point in my life. Because of the pressure from clients and fear of losing them in my newly established company, I usually resume work 6 weeks after giving birth. I drive my newborn and the nanny to work every day, from Amuwo Odofin to Lagos Island. I work and […]
My limited experience of living in the village with my grandma brought me into contact with many elements of local culture. It was only one year in my early life with lasting experiences. Going to the stream to fetch water (Ichu Mmili), taking the sheep for conservative grazing (Ise Atulu), weeding cocoyam (Iyi Ede), plucking […]
November, the 11th month of the year, is a month that supports many meaningful courses with lots of holidays across the globe. In Catholicism, it is the end of the liturgical year, the new year of the church starts on the first Sunday in December. One of the important observances of the month is that […]
Isaiah 61:3 promises us a crown of beauty for ashes, blessings for mourning, praise for despair, and joy for sorrow. Ashes signify our human conditions of pain, disgrace, sorrow, shame, darkness, troubles, and grief. But these destructive forces are not greater than God’s plan for us. In due time, he will replace them with the […]
I attended a 50th birthday celebration of a colleague, and it opened my eyes more to the reality of living an impactful life. In that ceremony, a time was allotted for people to speak about the celebrant. I was listening to the tributes and testimonies of people whom she has come in contact with. I […]
FROM CHIZZY’S DIARY 👇👇👇 POEM 95 𝗔 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗵, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺’𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 […]
I watched a recent jackpot in a part of the United States where the winner was given a whopping 800 million dollars. I don’t play jackpots and can’t be expecting such an amount of money from that source, but I know some people who do. But when I heard that sum, I began to wonder […]