“Dear Ufuomaee, Pls having a dream that your wedding gown is not fitting in i. e not my size is that a sign of letting go of the relationship.” Dear Reader, Dreams can mean many things or nothing at all. Sometimes, it is our own anxieties that plague […]
Dear Ufuomaee, “hello ma, this has been bothering me for sometimes now. It is kinda complicated. without making much fuss! I want to know if i really need to start a relationship on the basis of love,or I just needed to push n love will grow over time. […]
The following correspondence happened via WhatsApp, over a couple of days, and there was some back and forth to ascertain what the real issue was. The conversation has been shared with permission by the lady concerned. Good evening Ufuomaee. I’ve a problem and I really need a matured […]
Amadi could hear the sound of singing, which indicated that Erhuvwun was almost home. But what had taken her so long? Didn’t she know that he needed her in the morning? Or was she taking advantage of the new liberty he had given her by disrespecting him? Rather […]
There was a guy I dated before I met my husband. He was not the kind of guy I usually went for. Usually, I date guys around my age, but he was almost ten years older. He wasn’t very handsome, but good looking enough. He was also someone […]
It had been a few months, and I knew something had changed. I didn’t want to believe it, I couldn’t bare the thought. I tried to explain his behaviour away, tried to think that perhaps our problems were circumstantial, and that we would soon overcome the rough patch. […]
“Well, I know Him as the Father of the fatherless, because that is how He introduced Himself to us the day Chief Ogboru threw us and our daughters out of his home. We had nothing, he didn’t even give us provisions. He called us cursed because we had […]
“So, you’re still childless? After two pregnancies?! Hmmm… This is serious oh,” Ejiro said, shaking her head as she looked on sadly at her friend. “How is Amadi taking this?” Erhuvwun sighed, still feeling perplexed about everything. She had come home to visit with her father for a […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Every year, on the 21st of October, Mary and Ifeanyi commemorated the memory of Mary’s parents with a special activity. This was their fourth year marking the date, since their marriage, three and a half years ago. On their first year, they […]
The sun was going down, and Amadi still hadn’t returned home. Erhuvwun was worried. His leaving this morning was unusual. She’d expected him back since lunchtime and had even gone to the stream to call him, thinking he’d gone there to clear his head. But he wasn’t there. […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY It was a full house at Mr and Mrs Ifeanyi Chukweke’s home. Daniel, Samson and Sunday, Mary’s brothers, were all home for the Summer Break. Thankfully, the house was big enough to accommodate them all. However, for their trip to Church that […]
Bimbo Adetayo stayed up to wait for her son to return from his work. Lola had prepared the spare room for her mother-in-law before going to bed at 10pm. She’d packed up the food and kept Bolu’s in the microwave. Bolu came home to find his mother snoring […]
Danny chose a table by the poolside, which had a lovely view of the lagoon. He pulled a seat out for Lola, and she sat down without making a fuss. She’d observed how he had been greeted and how they had been treated on entry into the hotel, […]
Erhuvwun rarely sang these days, but when she did, they were songs of immense sadness and loss. In the blink of an eye, without any warning at all, her whole world came crashing down on her. It was last month when it happened. She was in her second […]
It was a hot, sunny day in April, and the wind sent a gentle breeze into Lola Adetayo’s small office at Da-Vyne Interiors. She smiled as it brushed and cooled her warm face. She was compiling a new catalogue for the company, to showcase their latest collection to their […]
Grace and Truth 