Is there any difference between – Harmless and harmful ‘lies?’ Last night I was at my balcony waiting for the odour of the insecticide I used in the rooms to vanish, when I overheard my neighbor speaking to someone over the phone –“I am in presently in Abuja and will be back in a week’s time… Don’t worry; I will personally deliver the job … Alfred my main man …” I smiled and wondered if Mr Akpan (not his real…
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Posted on September 16, 2013TSPOON93 is an email address I subscribed to. They send me inspiring mails daily. Sometimes after reading through I feel obligated to share, like this piece below. You’d think I would know everything by now. Or at least everything about him. But here we were married for over 20 years and I was finding out something I never knew. A story he’d never told another living soul. Not until me. Not until now. We’d simply been sitting there, quietly cuddling and chatting…
This post is not an indictment on people that snore. It’s just an experience shared. I often wonder how the spouse or sleep mate of such people cope. Recently, I volunteered to drop a friend off after paying me a visit. Just one of my good Samaritan deeds. It was a long drive and my friend slept through a better part of the drive. This I assume was probably from exhaustion or from the heat of the hot afternoon. You…
Were you ever asked this question – Who is a grandmother? As I read through an extract taken from papers written by a class of 8-year-olds, I began to imagine what I will be like when I eventually become a grand mom! Take a peep and feed your imagination! A grandmother is a lady who has no little children of her own. She likes other people. A grandfather is a man grandmother. Grandmothers don’t have to do anything except…
In the late 70s and mid-80s, it was wonderful to be a kid in Northern Nigeria. We had a pleasant childhood. You know all those adventures you read and day dreamed about? We had them all. Now, if all the adventures you read about were all Enid Blyton, flying broomsticks and brooks and meadows and snow and Harry Potter, then we are not talking of the same kind of adventure. I am talking real adventure. In the bush kind of…
“I can’t say if the decision to be Mr. Patis’ replacement was a blessing or a trial of faith. I have been under immense pressure to correct and explain the mistakes made by my predecessor”. Chike said covering his face with his hands and letting out a weary sigh.It was as if scales fell off my eyes. I saw the sadness in his eyes and the droop of his broad shoulders. Yes! My eyes were finally opened to see my husband’s pains.…
My heart felt like exploding and I was literally boiling within as Chike said those words. The same excuse as last week – “Bidemi dear, please can we do this some other day, I feel tired today”. How can a loved one hurt you so much and in ignorance! As I stood by our family size bed, I fumed with anger searching Chike’s face for any sign of reluctance, lie or even infidelity (umh! the power of the mind)“why are…
“Shola needs you”, Yetunde, Shola’s secretary spoke into the intercom. As Sheila walked to Shola’s office, she had already guessed why she was being summoned yet her heart beat could not slow down, it doubled with every step. No staff has adapted to Shola’s verbal assault and Sheila was no exception. I am surprised that a task as simple as concluding on a deal could become a colossal failure in your hands, Shola began. But sir you are aware that I offered Mr…
The day began bright, beautiful and pregnant with expectations. It was Shelia’s first working day in the New Year and she exerted much strength, energy and passion with which she excitedly hug and screamed “happy new year” to each of the familiar faces she had worked with all through the previous year. As she exchanged pleasantries with her teammates, they also revive the memories of the short but beautiful Christmas holidays that just ended. Activities in Manitex Shipping Company complex…
I could barely contain my shock as I watched a well grown man in his right senses use an electric wire to whip a three year old. My heart broke and bled for her as I watched in horror and so helpless to stop him. I ached as the little girl wailed. Another shop owner rushed over and snatched the child from his grip stopping him from inflicting more pains on her. Tears rolled down my check and I shudder…
