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Give something, however small, to one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God if we have given what we could” ~ Saint Gregory of Nazianzus. I read this from a church billboard and it resonates. Sometimes we are hesitant to give because we feel […]

Last night, I thought about how old I’ll clock in a few days and what came to my mind was, ‘Mmadu ana agbada’ (Man is fast ageing). As human beings, it’s our nature to fear growing old. It is called FOGO ( Fear Of Growing Old), an ageing anxiety that creeps in before middle age […]

Sometimes, it takes constant hurt, repetitive directives, and lessons learned after several “trials and errors” for one to make a decisive productive decision in life. As a child, I was very careless, playful, and carefree. Hence, I was always having home accidents, always being rushed to the hospital and always carrying Plaster of Paris (POP) […]

Last year, the Princess of Wales disappeared from public view for some time and a lot of speculations went viral as to what might have gone wrong. What happened to her? Is there something they’re not telling us? Something sinister must be going on, and many wild speculations and conspiracy theory flying all through the […]

If there’s one thing that’s certain in life, it’s the uncertainty of life. Both the certainties and uncertainties are inevitable parts of life. The ability to understand this lies in the experiences of the past, the positive and negative alike. These experiences are part of the natural ebb and flow of life. Therefore, knowing how […]

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 […]