On making each day count

Good morning!
It has been quite a week with respect to celebrities passing away: Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson in the last few days. I pray for their families, to whom these stars were “just” Ed, Farrah, and Michael, to whom their passing isn’t noteworthy because they were a celebrity, but because they were [...]

Feeling the love

I did a little recording to thank you for the birthday wishes but it’s messing up my whole blog so I give up it seems to be working now:

Here’s a link to to the audio: http://goodnaijagirl.com/sounds/birthdaythanks2.mp3
Can you tell I didn’t read the list of commenters beforehand? :)
If you missed the debut of Vera’s radio show [...]

Thankful for the privilege of getting older

Do you think when I was picking what day to do my thankful posts, I ended up picking Thursday for a reason? I ask because today is my 30th birthday and if that isn’t a reason to be thankful for my life, I don’t know that is.
THIRTY.
To me, a 30th birthday has always been significant [...]

Not impressed with organizers of Nigerian events either

Ms. O wrote about her disappointment with promoters of concerts and that reminded me of this entry that I started a few months ago.
Earlier this year, I went to the eLDee concert that was heavily publicized, and was disappointed. I felt bad because I convinced a few friends to go with me and nobody got [...]

Pastor Adeboye’s visit

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church was in my part of Canada this weekend, and although my family does not attend Redeemed, we went to see him. My only regret is that I missed the earlier part, with the singing and dancing, but at least I got to hear Pastor Enoch Adeboye’s [...]

Thankful for blurred family/friend lines

Although 99.5% of our relatives live in Nigeria and have therefore never been around for us to hang out with on a regular basis, I can’t say we don’t have family around us because everywhere we have lived, we have always managed to find a Nigerian community and become close to families who treat my [...]

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