Life Lessons from Stories

The story nears its end  Chapter 15 Her father That evening Christiana was convinced that she had to end it all. She had been walking for three hours non-stop through the busy highway and the arterial roads within the Lagos mainland. Her destination was unknown. Her legs kept asking her to rest, to find somewhere […]

The story nears its end  Chapter 14 The Mansion Tara had always wanted to visit the house her mother lived before she married her father.  She approached her father with her finding from his room that afternoon. She walked up to him while he had dinner with the beach bottle in one hand and a

The story of fate and destiny Chapter 13 The Ghost Dad 1977 Christiana lived in her head, to a large degree most people do. But it was most pronounced with her. She wanted to be as successful as her only sibling, her brother. He excelled in virtually everything he started. His term results in secondary

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This story is just unfolding Chapter 12 The Beach bottle Tara stopped using her medication the week after she left the wellness centre. She found the cocktail of pills irritating and could barely swallow the tablets even after she drowned them in bottled water. She hated the after-taste because it was somewhat bitter, but that

The story of fate and destiny Chapter 11 Back to the start Tara eyes opened to a room that blurred like an old painting yet welcomed her with the hum of a central air conditioning unit and the scent of lavender that was spat out in a hiss from air freshener device somewhere in the

The story of fate and destiny Chapter 10 The Mansion In one moment, Tara’s eyes welcomed the sunlight as it bloomed and bathed her in a rosy glow through the crack in her curtains and in another, she was toweling her rich dark and wet skin dry before jumping into her underwear and pulling up

The story of fate and destiny Chapter 9 Tara’s kitchen had been begging for attention for many days. Unwashed plates, with leftovers dried and caked up from the heat, were heaped together in her small kitchen basin. That was not the scene Tara had anticipated when she got into the apartment slamming the door behind

The story of fate and destiny Chapter 8 The Mother It started to rain. Tara was grateful for the rain, earlier in the haze of the afternoon heat, she could feel her dress starting to cling to her back in places while she sat in her car. Tara used to find sweating so gross, especially

The story of fate and destiny Chapter 7 The Meeting Ann was a gorgeous woman by the very definition. There was a softness to her appearance and a kind of warmth married to her beauty that allowed Tara to find sanctuary in her black twilight eyes. Her fine skin, honeyed to perfection, glowed with the

The story of fate and destiny Chapter 6 Ann the daughter. When Tara paced into the reception at the House of Order wellness center, her face still carried fading streaks of confusion. She couldn’t believe that the bottle she had left behind in her living room had found its way back into her car. She

The story of fate and destiny Chapter 5  Beautiful beginnings Tara’s fondest memories of meeting Levi was at a sip and paint event at a posh boutique hotel lobby in Ikoyi, where more than two dozen canvasses, set on wooden stands told the story of colors and rising hope. The event was organized by the

The story of fate and destiny  Chapter 4 The Dilemma It was the lightest traffic she had been in that week. Vehicles were sprinkled on the road as though it were a playset that came with only a few cars. The aftermath of the COVID pandemic meant that a lot more younger people worked from

The story of fate and destiny Chapter 3 Shattered Pieces That afternoon, the sunlight conjured the most brilliant of mosaics, reflecting from the glassy black tarmac to the leaves on every tree and from wisp of cloud that barely provided shade. Bright streams of light ignited every gap as it shone. With it came the

The story of fate and destiny Chapter Two The Message Tara sat quietly behind the steering wheel. It was so quiet she could hear her own breath with ease as she tossed the bag into the passenger seat. She stayed still as though anticipating someone to knock on the car window, holding her breath while

The story of fate and destiny Chapter 1 Nature’s Gift The waves broke around the beachfront with their foamy crests transforming into a chaotic lace over the brown. In the same way that curtains folded above a golden stage, the waves thrashed like the dancing hem of a long and flowing gown. A chorus of

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The Travel chronicles of a sorry Nigerian to Asia. Chapter Three Chapter Three We arrived Beijing at about 5pm. If there was anything I craved for at that instant, it was a soft bed with warm duvet. It didn’t look like that was going to happen anytime soon, as we had the immigrations and customs

The Travel chronicles of a sorry Nigerian to Asia. Chapter Two It was an uneventful 5hour flight. The first leg of the journey was uneventful. Aside the flurry of food trays and a few miniature bottles of red wine, I spent the time immersed in two movies, each with a runtime of over 2hours. I

The Travel chronicles of a sorry Nigerian to Asia. Chapter One The flight to China was scheduled for 1.40pm on Saturday afternoon. I had known this for up to two weeks and there was no way I was going to arrive at the airport later than 3hours before the scheduled time. I ended up with