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…

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For Those Who Are Grieving

For Those Who Are Grieving the loss of a loved one: A. The pain never really stops, instead its intensity wanes with time. B. ”I was 2 when my mother died, I had to brace up and pull myself together…”, ”Crying will not solve anything” Do not let anyone dismiss your pain. C. ”Take heart”;…

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Nuance

 There are some places you shouldn’t feel at home even though you have been told to. You are not accepted there, and your host will not say it. To come out plainly to say we don’t want you in our home is to breach social etiquette and to breach social etiquette is to let the…

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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…

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