A group of men can gather for anything and an argument would break out. It may be peaceful sometimes but just as when in the house, they want to be in control, they also feel the need to be ahead within themselves when they are together except of cause, when they gather for this. From... Continue Reading →
Everyday we hear people talk about love, we hear them talk about the joy it brings, the sadness of not having it and even the crazy part each and everyone encounter. We hear people talk about love in relationships and many a time, we think that is the best place to find it, when... Continue Reading →
For years I had low self-esteem and I did not like myself. I hated my personality and I hated the way my voice sounded. Somewhere along the line, through the abuse I had endured growing up, I internalized the shame. I was no longer ashamed of what was happening to me—I became ashamed of... Continue Reading →
You will always be accepted by him; it doesn't matter if you are a failure, disabled or condemned. We are all the same in his eyes. Act 10: 34- 35 You can speak to him in any language; Joel Osteen says if you speak country, God talks country. Psalm 34; 15 The peace he would... Continue Reading →
The simple truth is that men are somewhat different than women when it comes to cheating, and a lot of that difference arises from the fact that men tend to define infidelity rather loosely. Keep in mind this famous statement: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” More generally, most men would say... Continue Reading →
Women are profoundly sensual and sexual creatures, just as much as men. Yet somehow the idea that a woman in a committed relationship might have physical urges that she wants satisfied elsewhere, especially if her current man isn’t quite, shall we say, up for the job, always seems to catch people by surprise. And let’s... Continue Reading →
It might seem odd that on this, our one-year anniversary, I am beginning a post with the declaration that my husband is not my soul mate. But he isn’t.
I wouldn’t want to imagine life without James. I enjoy being with him more than anyone else in this world. I love him more than I ever thought you could love someone, and I miss him whenever I am not with him. I wouldn’t want to married to anyone else other than James, which is good, because I plan on being married to him forever, and he has to let me die first.
But I reject the entire premise of soul mates.
Do you remember those awesome Evangelical 90’s/ early 2000’s where Jesus was kind of like our boyfriend and we all kissed dating good-bye because we just knew that God was going to bring us THE ONE and then life…
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Wole Soyinka is well known throughout Nigeria and the rest of the world as a brilliant playwright, poet and political activist. With more than 50 pieces of work, his writing includes novels, memoirs and a wide variety of essays. He is the first person in Africa to win the Nobel Prize in literature, and is... Continue Reading →
On this day in 1929 the "Aba Women's War" was sparked. Thousands of Igbo women organized a massive revolt against the policies imposed by British colonial administrators in southeastern Nigeria, touching off the most serious challenge to British rule in the history of the colony. The "Women's War" took months for the government to suppress... Continue Reading →
