Labour Day cooking (now with a picture)

Hello!
I decided to spend Labour Day with my family today so bright and early at 2pm I showed up with two pots, a set of knives, cutting boards, some Knorr bouillon cubes, stewing beef and chicken. I wasn’t there just to visit, I was there to get lesson 1 of 100 from my dear mummy [...]

Thankful and introspective

THANKFUL
This week I am thankful for my own health. It’s one of those things I take for granted until I’m at the doctor’s office, ill from a mild illness or having an annual checkup. I am thankful that I continue to be in good health despite some unhealthy choices I make, and I have committed [...]

Don’t be afraid to speak the truth so justice can be served (even if it’s “not a big deal”)

I thank God for allowing my parents to celebrate another year of marriage as they did two days ago. They are a wonderful and inspiring couple (am I biased?) and I am glad that they continue to hold each other up and exemplify what “in sickness and in health” and “for better, for worse” mean. [...]

Family news

My sister passed her driving test! This was not her first attempt so she had become very discouraged by the process and her inability to do some of the skills perfectly on her first try. I had sent her a text message before her test and she said she got it and it came at [...]

We love Sunny Ade

My mother celebrated her birthday yesterday, and thanks to the music festival I mentioned, finding a birthday present for her was easy: she was going to go see King Sunny Ade live! In the past four years this was my second time seeing him, and it was my parents’ third time seeing him in the [...]

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 [...]

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