“Absence makes the heart grow fonder but continuous absence makes the heart forget” Thomas Haynes Bayly “Absence makes the heart grow fonder” is one quote that has been doing a great job at consoling couples who have to cultivate a relationship in spite of distance. And it is true that in some instances, the best […]
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As Sayo watched a female lawyer successfully defend her client in a soap opera, she looked at Tade, her twenty year old son and said, “I was going to become a lawyer” With his eyes widened and his mouth ajar, he replied, ‘Really? So, what happened” With a weak smile, she said “I got married
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“It is not how much we give but how much love we put into giving” Mother Theresa I am a lover of love stories and I recently came across the love story of J.R.R Tolkein, the author of Lord of the Rings and his wife Edith Mary Bratt, and I was very inspired to say the
“Love is not a place to come and go as we please It’s a house we enter in and then commit to never leave So, lock the door behind you, throw away the keys Work it out together…” The above words are lyrics of Warren Barfield’s song Love is Not a Fight; listen here a song
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“Who do they think they are?” Korah said amidst the affirming nods of Abiram and Datham. “The Lord can speak through any of us. Are we not all Levites?” he continued. Tamuno heaved a sigh of distress from where she was peeping into the yard where the men were discussing. With immense trouble in her
I have been to many relationship seminars where the most debated question is :Is Kissing a Sin? The constant recurrence of this question vividly shows that even Christians are not ready or willing to call a spade a spade. 1 Corinthians 16:20 ” All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy
As a little girl, I read stories that painted love so perfectly that I always dreamt of how beautiful it will be that day when my prince will come and steal my heart away. I constantly dreamt of my “happily ever after” with my Prince Charming until I read Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Chai! All
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“You are also a lie?!” Ada screamed in desperation at the receiver on the other end of the phone. Tears trickling uncontrollably down her face, she disconnected the call. Amidst sobs, she bent over to straighten her gown which had now folded above her knees. She almost forgot she was on the Third Mainland Bridge.
How did we get here? From the wedding halls to the courtrooms From the altars to the docks From the priest’s solemnization to the judge’s verdict Just how did we get here…? How did we get here? From hearts bubbling with expectations for the future to those shrinking with hatred of the past From the
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My name is Ewapipe (meaning complete beauty) but there was nothing complete or beautiful about me as I sat in the village square of Ilogbo, drenched in my own blood from sores all over my body and watched Olu being led away to the evil forest, I could not stop wondering “Am I worth this
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Woman, where is my food?” Ade bellowed from the sitting room as his wife of seven years, Nkechi tried to put dinner together. “Nkay, I work to provide for you and the kids yet prompt preparation of my food is a big task, ehn?” Ade asked obviously hungry and angry. Before the end of his
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“I surrender myself to you; I vow to love and cherish you with all my possession. I will love in all circumstances; in ill health and good health, in poverty and in plenty till death do us part” So, I attended this beautiful wedding ceremony on Saturday( the fourth wedding ceremony I have attended all
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