It is true that as parents we are the architects of our children’s take on life. While many try very hard to do their best, there are still some who don’t quite make the mark. [...]
May 102012
Dotta Raphels
May 052012
I recently had a personal crisis which put me in a really awkward position. I suddenly realized that in all that I have come to regard as my character and make up, when it really [...]
Apr 302012
When we lose someone in our lives we feel pain and sorrow. This loss can either come in form of death, quarrels or disagreements. The cause really doesn’t matter; the hurt is still the same. [...]
Apr 292012
Betina and Peter in their marriage have witnessed many trials. This is their dialogue in the aftermath of an occurrence which threatened to destroy everything they both held dear… Betina knows a place and a [...]
Apr 232012
Sex with a dull man is so tiring, uninspiring. I would rather go shopping than let him inside me. Sex with a dull woman! How uninviting! Quite frightening! Sex is a subject so sensitive and [...]
Apr 182012
I could come up with a million reasons why this life is not the sweet smelling flower I long it to be. I could tell you right now that my sorrow has consumed what little [...]
Apr 152012
There are many constants in life. We know for sure that night falls and day breaks. Now this is in the general concept of night being the end of day, and dawn the beginning. This [...]
Apr 102012
Mama used to sit at the kitchen table, spoon in her hands and she would drum to the beat of her favourite song “saving the best for last”…she loved that song; I suppose that in [...]
Apr 082012
Those privileged to drink of the cup of love and goodwill, surely never have the heart to go in the opposite direction of their convictions. These are people who find it difficult to relax and [...]
Mar 222012
Continuation from part 3 http://www.naijastories.com/2011/09/the-many-faces-of-love-part-3/ _______ The happiness of our good fortune came at a very good time for the family. We were able to treat the children and still had a huge lump sum to [...]
Feb 122012
“Tell me how sweet it is…” These were the first words I remember her say to me and I remember looking up at her thinking, is she speaking to me? This was back in 1980, [...]
Dec 152011
I finally made it into Lagos after three years of absence, and it was a mixture of euphoria and apprehension. The country has improved somehow, I could tell by the almost scornful stare of the [...]
Sep 142011
“Mommy is there somewhere that you feel really happy when you are there?” This was a question my 10 year old son Obi asked me one evening, and I paused for a moment, Obi never [...]
Sep 082011
She remembers it like it was yesterday, that day in the scorching heat of the Lagos sun as she walked down the street just by the stall of that Hausa man; the one who sold [...]
Sep 062011
Like most ordinary people, I know that we are all different and are meant to achieve goals and have diverse gifts and talents. Not everyone is meant to be rich or famous, glamorous or beautiful; [...]
Sep 032011
We soon got into the U.K. and after immigration and customs, I finally came into the arrivals hall and there was Tobe. He had not changed at all…still had the smiling eyes and face and [...]
Sep 012011
You don’t get pregnant where we come from…..at least not until you graduate and marry; they could not understand how I managed to remain so calm. You see, I had done my own share of [...]
Aug 312011
I often wonder what my life would have been like, if I could peek at another other than this one I have. I wonder whether it’s really possible to create your own destiny as commonly [...]