An African Countess' Blog

What I miss the most(est) about being in a relationship is having someone who is obligated to have long conversations with me; conversations about, well, any and everything. Ah mean, in real life, who cares about random things like what my colleague said to my other colleague at work today, and how my boss had to intervene, AND how I started to crave amala at 7am, AND what I did to make the MD summon me just as I was about to leave the office, AND how that dude, the weird one from primary school called from out of the blues, AND how I had a flat tire on 3rd Mainland Bridge on my way home and how a nice man helped to change it... Who cares mehn? Absolutely no one; except a partner who either genuinely cares or would at least sweetly feign interest. I like to talk about the day and I love to listen too; I have one or two people around me who I sometimes rant to when the urge gets intense but most of the time, I'm hesitant because I try to be considerate and then t...

Iyanuoluwani, I'm proud of the woman you're becoming. Spiritually, physically, financially, intellectually, dreams’ically , emotionally, psychologically, career’cally , relationships’cally … I'm oh so proud. I'm also glad you can proudly say "I'm the girl who God has helped". I do realise we don't speak to each other a lot in writing, so this is a bit awkward and so, I’ll just drive straight to the point: I often forget how pretty awesome I am. But don’t you ever forget how awesome  YOU  are. Be aware of your worth, your gifts and your strengths; constantly. You are a premium treat and you can't force everyone to have a fine taste, so even if one or two people ‘tend’ not to appreciate you, others do and you always should. Don't deny the world of your essence. Also remember you can never control what someone else does, you can only control your actions and reactions. You can be the very best, as in textbook perfect , but...