HOW I'M GETTING THROUGH GRIEF

There are some things you don't prepare for; but when it happens, you have no choice than to find your way through it and out of it. Such things are death, loss and grief.Let's make it anguish and grief, not just grief. My sister and friend Busayo Opaleye was...

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OLIVER TWIST

I'm one of those people who loves special.I love to feel special, and I love that special feeling to resound deep within me.  Mind you, special doesn't need to be loud. Why? I love serene too o. Special can be spending time with loved ones. Special...

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STILL STANDING

I was about to update my status on Whatsapp and I could only click on pictures of kids. So I got the inspiration for this post. I love kids, I love their creativity, their ability to think outside the box, the way the act like they are in charge, their ability to...

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BREAKFAST AND WORLDWIDE CAKE

This February was discombobulating.  I experienced highs and lows together.It began on a crazy note. Someone dear to me was mourning.As I took the journey with her, something dawned on me. Life has no favorites. Good and evil happen to anyone and everyone.My...

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ENCANTO...WHAT I SAW

Two weeks ago, I saw Encanto for the first time. I think I've seen it for the gazillionth time as at today.The first remarkable thing I must commend is their storyline. It's still fantasy but it's more human. How many people (or ladies) are princesses living in castles?But...

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WHY YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE THE ONIONS IN YOUR LIFE

Today is one of those days.I'm not talking about countdown to New Year. (I secretly have a beef for those who make us do that countdown. Please it's my beef not yours)Today, when I got back from getting fuel, something hit 🎯 me. Life is in layers. Some would say phases...

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GRA WHAT? GRATITUDE!!!

This year has been all shades of great.What makes great to be great? It the highs and lows, the strengths and weakness, the failings and the winnings, the storms and the sun.  One of the things I learned via experience is gratitude. Don't get me wrong, I've...

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WOULD YOU JUST ASK?

Segun stepped out of his bedroom. It was almost 11 am. He wasn't one to wake up so late but his trip from Ibadan to Jos wore him out. He was still tired and sleepy but he didn't want his cousin's family to think he was a lazy sloth which was his grandmother's way of referring...

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WHO DO YOU HAVE, WHO HAS YOU?

I think somethings should crossover to the age to come.One of such is a movie, yes, Lord of the rings is it's name (argue with your keypad). 😂😆Right now, I'm watching The Return of the King.I'll be drawing my point from two scenes: Faramair and the other men were...

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THIS THING CALLED UBUNTU

I see, I saw!I'm an Ubuntu person. For example, it takes a community to groom a child not just dad and mum.I'm beginning to grasp the power of community. It can make you.Or mar you.When you're in community, you can be sure that someone will always be there for you....

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DO YOUR PART NOW

"He's dead!!!"That's all I heard.I was shocked😲... actually mortified."Who?" "Nepa" said my mum.Silence"Bolanle, are you there?""Ye...yes" I stuttered"Wo da gbo uhun mo fo bei"  she asked if I heard what she said in Ondo dialect."Mr. Aiyegbokiki abi""Yes" she...

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MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL

I shot myself.It's day 3 of September and I've shot myself twice.This life ehn!!! No wonder Yoruba people say afi suru meaning let's be patient.So to what happened...Someone offended me twice in two days. For each time I was going to point out this fact to the...

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DO YOUR DO

My ears hurt...Or should I say ache.The reason? There's a church beside my house.It's not their Ahuja speaker that's my problem this time. It's the people on the mic 🎤.You see, they have few members but I'll be magnanimous enough to place them around 30 people. I...

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YOU GO WOUND

I've learned something.Scratch that...I've relearned something.Or rather somethings. 1. We are all small. We occupy a small part in this world.Actually, it isn't small; it's minute.Let me repeat: you occupy a minute part among all things that exist.So drop your shoulders...

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MY INTENTIONAL MILLION LITTLE MIRACLES

As usual, I begin my posts without a title. After considering it like the sway of a pendulum clock, it's drops into my mind. For some reason I couldn't pull this off. I'm determined to go ahead with this write up anyway. I've been privileged to experience...

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