THIS WOMAN OF FAITH

 March 2018… It takes seconds literally for the course of your life to be altered, I mean seconds..one phone call, letter, knock on the day you name it. I remember going to the health centre for a check up.. And within minutes of being there,I was referred to the emergency department My year was going smoothly, then boom. It happened so fast,I barely had time to process what was going on, It turned out,I was pregnant with a contraceptive coil in situ and I was bleeding profusely. Pregnant? How..I cried..Why me lord,I honestly thought it was a joke, God like seriously you must be teasing me,I couldn’t understand what was going on.. You read the statistics,99 percent effective why was I the 1percent I cried tears o..my husband was amused and confused. We were pregnant. I had not even come to terms with being pregnant When there were concerns of possible complications For 3 weeks I went back and forth the hospital to be scanned and every doctor I met could not offer me

Have you unwrapped your gift? My childhood was so much fun.. Imagine a younger version of me... A 5 year old powerhouse standing in front of the mic stand my father bought me.. With my big brother stringing a guitar...singing loudly at the top of our voices and entertaining every visitor that obliged us...In our eyes, we were rock stars 🌟 🌟 ⭐️. I think I kind of imagined that was what my future was going to be like.. I was going to sing and perform in front of thousands of audiences. Well, that was the dream until I grew up and discovered, my voice was nice but not really really nice.😂😂.. I remember joining the choir and I only ever got asked to do a solo like once... I wasn’t quite sure what the reaction was after I sang..but the problem was I really really loved singing, I so wanted to be this talented singer but I think I really loved the sound of my voice more than anyone else.After joining a real choir in my early adolescence and seeing that it required much more

 My Yummies This week,I was looking for something on my iPad and I stumbled upon some pictures, It brought back so many memories and my heart was truly grateful, You see,I never really gave much thought to the idea of leaving Nigeria and starting life afresh in a whole new town talk less of a new country. The excitement when I got off that plane eh at heathrow airport Was next to none,  I was in a whole new world, a country miles away from my native home with a strange accent and it felt so foreign. Nothing prepared me for the loneliness that followed after the euphoria died, I missed my dad ,my siblings, my church and fellowship and most importantly I missed my sisters; I missed all that had being a huge part of my life for 25 years. My heart ached for the friendships that had kept me grounded in my faith, career and life as a young lady. Even though being out of sight did not necessarily mean out of mind and still stayed in touch with my sisters but I craved for new fri