I have had a particular phone for about 3 years now and I am reluctant to give it out even after getting a new one recently. It holds so many memories that are dear to my heart. Today for instance, I looked through some pictures from about 5 years ago. I was fixated on four…
Grief Changed Me
I watched Teni, sit for an interview with Chude Jideonwo the other day. During the interview, she spoke about how she dealt with loss and teared up at some point. Watching her carefully, I felt a familiar feeling — Grief. Grieving is hard and it doesn’t have an automatic expiry date. The paranoia, the anxiety, the…
What Meagan Good Taught Me About Christianity
Meagan Good will not make a poster image for Christianity in some circles. Why? The outward expression of her Christianity doesn’t fall within the balance of spirituality that a lot of Christians are accustomed to because to be Christian is to be a certain way and this being is reflective in how we look and…
Choices
I currently live in a regimented environment, and with environments of this nature comes rules and templates of ‘doing‘ and ‘being‘. There is an unvoiced and voiced modifying of behavior everyone in this environment has to undergo. Your behavior has to align to the code of conduct. I have broken the rules more times than…
Thoughts on Unscripted by Subomi Plumptre
Subomi Plumptre’s Unscripted is a compendium of deep reflections about Life, God, Marriage, Sex, Purpose and more. I love that the book doesn’t have a conventional ‘plot’ hence the writings are unpredictable. One minute you are reading Subomi write about the Nigerian political landscape, next, you are thrown into poetry and then life lessons from…
