Tag: motherhood
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Keep the knowledge and birthday of our Belle.
I would liken her to a star. Not those up in the skies, but the stars within. I would liken her to the moon. Not the kind that appears in the sky at night. But the moon within. I would liken her to the sun. Not the one that shines so brightly on a clear…
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Keep this month of June, our month of beginnings, of love!
If you retrace the steps that led to Belle, move back to the paths we crossed and the people and places too. If turn back to the moments where our souls shivered in admiration of things simple, like falling rain, the heavenly scent of leaves after rain, the warmth of the sun, or song of…
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Keep the lessons of cicadas!
We saw the limits of everything, for cicadas, saw them delicate like old skin, shedding their innermost being. They would give anything, it seems, as they suckle on the trunk of trees, to live. Now I see why rest, even if for 13 years, is the beginning of everything. I pray nothing, not even the…
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Keep motherhood as a site of resistance!
These thoughts came to me this evening. They are unfolding but for now, happen you tell the dreams that outlive you. Those that cause your blood to surge, those that form countries of their own. Motherhood is like a country, with powerful roots that take shape on their own, discovering the point of light, the…
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Keep Mother’s Day with those who paved the way!
I remember sometimes, the moment it began, on an avenue in Paris, rue Garibaldi, I believe, next to metro 6 line, a laboratory, all next to UNESCO, the place I once called work. The announcement was swift against a former life slowly dissolving. You are with child, in French, was all I heard, with new…
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Keep the beginning of Nnem&Nnem at Korede house (or why motherhood matters)!
The second paper I authored as I began my academic journey highlighted the need to focus on the role of mothers with health. It’s the first paper that centers the primacy of mothers for health and life. It’s also began my journey into understanding the full spectrum of mothers, how we are not only birth…
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Keep looking on the bright side or happy 10th birthday Chiwetel!
Exactly 10 years ago, at around 5:30am, we gave birth to a boy whom we would later name our gift from God. Chiwetel was as beautiful as any sunny day. Lotanna and mama visited us later that morning. I still vividly recall Lotanna in her pink dress and pink tights, with spiky threaded hair, the…
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Keep gathering with your community!
When we gather, with tiny legs and colorful eggs we do so in love, in light, and with a grace that has no bounds…
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Keep all the ways children see themselves!
Noontime or nighttime, at any hour in between, one of them doodles away, with no noise, no sound, no distractions, nothing at all. Then slowly, like the first drop of rain, something emerges. A lake’s song, earth day, getting wise on words, will bring eyes full of peace. As the whole scene plays out, in…
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Keep love for Olisa’s birthday!
The chance to love you, to know you, to grow with you In our darkest hour Our brightest days Are the reason Why we open Like wings for you. We call you Olisa. The one we named after God. The one we used to ask for his guidance. We are afterall nothing without God. The…
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Keep being present!
There is this believe that all stories are true. Some have magic to their name and can do wonders to transport you from this realm to another. There are some stories portrayed as the best. We are assured in the praise songs that they are indeed the best. They can open up worlds from which…
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Keep Nnem’s scarves…
My Nnem wears scarves that tell stories of their own. Their forms are clear. Every single scarf she has ever worn has a form and structure with colors that arise all on their own. They are what scarves need to be, so they stand erect, when tied on a woman’s head or draped on her…
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Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor 