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Keep boldly facing death!
Nearly half of our lives are gone. Most of all we will do have been done. There may be new dreams, new deeds, new actions, many inactions, but most of what we would call life is close to being done. So what remains. They realization that we can’t be troubled. The end is death. It’s…
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Keep seeing your smile!
I saw my smile the other day, saw how it made my eyes light up, saw how my lips became crooked, head tilted to the side, shoulders lean forward, all with an ease I could watch forever. So I started to see my smile more, see the way it burrowed deep within my soul, see…
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Keep these moments!
I write these days to celebrate life, to listen as water falls, to remember the power of hurdles, to love every struggle we meet. My middle son had a melt-down today. We rarely have them but when it happens, it is as fierce as it is hopeful and a reminder that every single moment of…
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Keep this 4th anniversary, the one full of grace!
One of my favorite prayers begins with the word, “Hail Mary, full of grace.” If you know the next lines, for me, you would know that the lord has truly been with me. For who can go through fire, go through trials and somehow, get to the other side, oblivious to the fact that just…
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Keep who you are, proudly Igbo!
We held a New Yams Festival Today As a reminder You are not only what you believe you are You are what you are In an image Godlike I suppose Igbo Proud, truly. Keep this.
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Keep life still and still!
however bright life is, however brilliant, however broken it maybe, however you bear it, we know she remembered the moment she stood at rivers edge, wondering what she would do differently, if this be yesterday, and she stood at the crossroads again, she would go with grace through the deep valley, knowing the sun shines…
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Keep the festival of nations in Saint Louis!
We went to the festival of nations today. We left happy. That and grateful that everyone can bring their gifts, their sense of well being to such a feast and well all of us in attendance are richer because of the variety and distinctiveness of the offerings our eyes created. Indeed, the firewood which a…
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Keep fighting back!
What to root for? What to root for? These days, when we fight back we win. Also, we are not going back. That’s all. That’s all the root.
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Keep life!
With butterflies, we see dignity, see the idea to of transcendence, with life extending beyond its limits. With water we experience eternity, experience what life can be when lived endlessly. With forest we see dreams, see things aspire to their greatest potential all with beauty. I am learning these days that everything, every experience is…
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Keep Onyeka, the latest NIH pre-doctoral scholar at WashU!
Nearly 15 years after becoming an NIH predoctoral scholar, it brings me great joy to pass the baton to my doctoral student, Onyekachukwu Anikamadu, MPH, CPH, the latest NIH predoctoral scholar in town. What is mentoring? To me these days is ensuring that those entrusted to your care get to live out their dreams their…
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Keep 4 youth by youth (4yby) and its approach to innovative youth-driven research!
Research for me these days begins from a place of experience and deep thought, innovation too. Almost six years ago, I embarked on a research experience that changed my life. I was coming off a streak of research proposals that failed tremendously as grants and losing sight of what my sheer purpose in life and…
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Keep writing!
They say it heals. Writing. They say to use it to remember. Anything from the golden horns of cows to golden brown of meat pies, even the color of strawberry smoothies whether pink or red. What you write, will be read. So write to amaze, write to amplify, write to even acknowledge moments where your…
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Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor 