Tag: Parenting
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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 dreaming and dreaming again!
I begin from a space, that I hope you will one day use as your own. A space that is transitional is nature, a work in progress too. In August if 2021, we got an early morning text that stated that my sister-in law had died from cervical cancer. My memory of that day is…
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Keep this gathering of women with eyes tiny like us!
I’m inspired by the feast of women I saw the other day. Those black like me. Those that begin from the womb and continue long past a day. I know our imperfections are nothing, that our light is everything, that we gather loving those we would give our everything. I have seen where women build…
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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 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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Keep surrendering to life this Christmas and beyond…
When life is your friend, not your enemy or your nemesis, when you live in profound trust of the synergies within this one life you live, then you will surrender to life. You will surrender as you begin to feel life like you see death, as one wholesome entity you experience together. One you love,…
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Keep this season so joyful!
They say children will grow. Once when Christmas cookies all decked in red and green are made and baked. Eyes full of joy, twelve if you are counting, will break an egg, then pour the flour and knead the butter as if they have learnt to see with their mouths full of joy. Then they…
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Keep Kosisochukwu
Eyes full of grace With stares from a tiny face And the depths of new life Stayed frozen in our eyes. We have seen how Kosisochukwu Becomes Kosisochukwu So we give thanks for Kosisochukwu Give thanks for Kosisochukwu. Today, my husband and I welcomed Kosisochukwu Tobenna to the Catholic Faith. Becoming a god parent is…
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Keep nurturing what matters!
I imagine somethings can be bold and urgent. Yesterday I started to write about my grandmother’s death. It’s been 27 years and still if feels like it was yesterday. They say never let your knowledge of anything keep you from your nurturing of core things. So, that same yesterday, I sat and listened to dreams…
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Keep a fruitful day!
They possess a look, a feel, a thing, that can only be described as joy. Those many may not know. Those hidden. Those few remember. Those we choose to keep. For day after day and of course on this most colorful day, they help us spread joy to all. Happy Halloween from my fruitful family…
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Keep being a bright star!
We spent today discussing the approach section of a grant. It’s my least favorite section to write. One where I actually struggled to teach it. There are no right or wrong way to write an approach section. Every grant will be different I noted. The least you can do is anticipate the conflict inherent in…
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Keep soaring like eagles
The turning point for me was the pandemic. I found myself wanting to know myself better. Work was intense. Family life too. Yet, both demanded more from me, even in the middle of a pandemic. So I did what I thought would save me: looking intently inside myself. It meant that I discovered many selves.…
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Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor 