They just taught my kids what backhanded compliments mean… and now I can’t unsee them 😅 My daughter came home talking about how people sometimes say nice things that don’t really sound nice. The example she gave: “You speak so well, I’m so impressed. Oh, I see you were born in the U.S.” 😩 So, […]
Have you ever been shocked when a close friend shares something big, yet you had no idea they were going through it? That moment can feel both distant and disconnecting. It happened to me recently, and it reminded me of something important: real friendship isn’t just about celebrating victories, it’s about walking together through the […]
Sometimes the biggest lessons of faith happen in the smallest moments, like a plate of plantain at the dinner table. Everyone had eaten, except my husband. When I served his plate, my middle daughter came back and said, “Mummy, I want more.” I told her: “Ask Daddy.” But she refused. Instead, she scraped her plate, […]
I will never learn how to ride a bike, that was the word i heard my baby say and before i could respond my husband had told her not to speak that way. I will never make it as a content creator, I will never lose weight, i will never get a 6 figure job […]
Thinking what to write to you and I today, It’s been a year since I came on here and I would like to motivate you but motivation is fleeting, I would like to advice us, but what is an advice worth if we don’t act on it? I have been motivated, advised and even supported […]
It was a busy day in December and I was neck-deep in cooking for a few people and retired to bed very tired. Mr. Possible asked me a question that was meant to be harmless.“Are you pregnant?” I laughed at first with wonder about how I could be pregnant and doing this much work, how […]
Baby J is in the almighty primary 1 or according to her ‘the big school’ so dropping her in a different school from her sister is a lot of work and the “big school” comes with ‘big’ traffic. I was in traffic the other on my way to her school but was stopped by the […]
Everything happened so quickly that evening. First, I called a family meeting. Then I broke the news to my parents. Everyone was speechless, the parents most especially. Not even a single word was uttered. It was as though time had stopped and they were all frozen in time. I mean, who wouldn’t be. Each time […]
This is story written in and it is about the big decision the writer had to make just before her wedding. What would you do if the decision you had to make just before your wedding could change things forever? It’s taken me so long to articulate my journey on paper. My thoughts now are […]
Happy New year guys! I know the topic holds so many questions already but before you think it might be a negative post, let me explain that it is just a snap back to reality post and I know some of you are in the shoes I am about to explain, but before then, Hope […]