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A Special Anniversary 😁

Hi, guys!!!!!!  It's been soooooooooooooooooo long, and I know it.  It's actually been two years, two months, one week, and a day since I last wrote here, and I can explain.  A whole lot happened in that time, and some things had to pipe low for a while, one of which is this blog. Unintentional, but very necessary.  I'm back, and will be showing up a little differently cos I had to redefine consistency more deliberately.  Let me bring you up to date with my life in the last two years.  Right after my last post , I discovered I was pregnant and spent the year 2024 growing a child in my womb.  Then I spent the whole of 2025  breastfeeding, caring for him, transitioning him to solids, and preparing him for weaning. All of that happened while  minding my business and showing up in other areas of life. On Tuesday, he became eighteen months old, and that calls for celebration because it's a special anniversary for me. Just so you know, I'm usually...

Notes on Grief

  Guyssssssssssss... I have a testimony… I overcame procrastination, yet again 🀧 So, for what seemed like forever, I was away...and today, I have returned.. Now, this is me dusting off the cobwebs here and wearing back my blogger hat... But first, before we go all the way into this blog post, I offer you a salutation… AlohaπŸ˜ƒ  Welcome, welcome... Welcome to my blog, dear readers. I am Nan. C, (in case you forgot) The first thing I want to say is; I know I've been away for five months. Like, five whole months fa…πŸ˜₯ I mean, where did time go, so soon? Phew! Anyways, I'm here now and we'll continue from where we stopped. Which is, reviewing the book I talked about in my last post. Book Title: Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Adichie. I'll say something little on why I decided to read the book, and then select a couple of statements that resonated most with me and add my little two cents as well. They are a lot, believe me. But I'll stick with a few for this post.  Reason...

Why I Shout So Much About Reading

  "Why do you shout about reading so much like this?" You might have wondered and would like to ask me, if you had the opportunity. Let me save you the stress, you'll be reading the answer in a bit. But first, have you read this year, this month, this week, today? What did you read and for how long? Did you meditate on what you read and draw up an action plan on how to infuse what you learnt into your life's system? I'm proud of you mehn! So growing up, my parents really did a good job trying to inculcate the reading culture in all of us. My mum and her sisters were the reading type and would buy and exchange novels on crime, law etc Both of my parents studied English Language in university and so we had a vast range of literature books at home. Some in twos sef, 'cos two of them bought their individual copies and so we always had plenty of books at home. From Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe, The Beautiful Ones are not Yet Born ...