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Danny’s Diary

Danny’s Diary

I resisted giving my consent to have Daniella on that trip. No. 1, I was told that it was a visit to a farm. Farm? Oh no!!! Then my resistance increased when her teacher told me that a parent must accompany her. Well, I counseled my child and told her to forget the...

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Own Your Story

Own Your Story

OWN YOUR STORY If God blessed you with the anointing to be relevant, you don't have to play it down or explain it to anyone. And don't expect everyone to be in alignment with you. Be sure that some will find shovel and digger to go into your so-called past to bring to...

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Danny’s Diary

Danny’s Diary

From September 2019 diary. Daniella : nọ one takes my picture when I am walking. Me: when you're walking? How? Daniella : like the way you were walking, let me show you. (Grabs my iPad and shoes me my Dubai run way photos.) Me: ohhhhh!! You want that kind of stuff?...

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Danny’s Diary

Danny’s Diary

5.00 am Daniella: Mummy, I am awake!! Good morning mummy. Are you awake??? Me: (kept quiet and pretending to be asleep just so I round up my planning and goal setting for the day). Daniella: Mummyyyyyyyyy good morning. Answer me. Is Aunty Ify coming today???? Are we...

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Danny’s Diary

Danny’s Diary

Me: Daniella, wake up, it’s 6 am, we need to start getting ready. Daniella: Good morning Mummy, I ‘sleep well’. Me: Mango, it should be I slept well, it’s past tense. Daniella: Ok, “I slept well”. Me: Please thank me for teaching and correcting you. Daniella: thank...

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Dear Widowed Community 2

I came today with a simple message titled God, 'God answers prayer.' I paused the series I started on Monday to share this with you as it was heavily on my mind all night and this morning. Please have this at the back of your mind that Jehovah answers prayer, and...

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Danny’s Diary

Danny’s Diary

Our diary from one year ago. The baby dolls are still in my space. I will name them on Sunday since I see that they have come to stay. Suddenly Daniella left my room after I got her dressed for school and I called out to her and went to her room from where she...

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Short Musings

Short Musings

One of my favourite meals as a young girl in Ogidi of the 80s was nni oka na Ofe ogbono. This is not the typical cornmeal but Nni oka is made from freshly prepared akamu, you stir on medium heat till it's done and you pour it out in a spacious tray till it is ready to...

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Dear Daughter

Dear Daughter

"Daughter, can you see how you boarded the plane and sat down, buckled your seat belt, and relaxed and now the plane is taking you to Lagos? You didn't meet the pilot, you don't even know who is or are in the cockpit and till now the main pilot hasn't spoken, and yet...

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Dear Widowed Community 1

Dear widowed community, there are many myths and beliefs some of us grew up believing about widowhood. And we keyed in as soon as we lost our spouse forgetting that we are called by the name of God. Therefore shall not be bound by practices passed down from cultures...

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