One morning, I rode up the elevator with a bunch of my work colleagues. The elevator stopped on the sixth floor, and one of them, a tall, light-skinned fella with an Afro, got off. As the doors closed, another of my colleagues asked, “Ah ah. Is that how you say good-bye? No good-bye kiss?” Yes,…
Kody can’t wait to invite everyone to her house as usual for her annual Christmas family get together. She decides it would be best to send out the invites early enough. Despite the fact that it’s a family ritual, she still adds a courteous touch of sending out invites well on time, so everyone can…
Who doesn’t like a freebie? Giving gifts is at the very heart of love. But for some people, receiving and giving gifts is the best way they show just how genuinely they love their partners; that is why it is a love language. Gifts are a symbol of love and visual expression of a loving…
In our previous article, we talked about on love language ideas involving words. There is another important love language that people crave, and it is Quality Time. Have you ever spent all day in a house with someone and the person still claim they didn’t get to spend time with you? That’s because this love…
There are five love languages that we need to speak fluently in our marriages and families. Today we start with the first, Words of Affirmation. What is Words of Affirmation as a Love Language? Words of affirmation as a love language is the use of positive words and the right tone of voice to express…
After our honeymoon, my hubby and I definitely wanted to continue spending a lot of quality time with each other. Along came the kids and it was goodbye to our alone time. First, there was the waking-up-at-night cycle as babies. Then, there was the sleeping in our bed phase as toddlers. Whenever we tried to…
As millennial women, we have been told all sorts. You can’t have it all. You have to choose between a career and a family. Work-life balance is unattainable. It’s a myth. And many others. But it’s 2017 and in case you haven’t noticed, women have been breaking glass ceilings in their careers WHILST managing a…
Kody can’t wait to hit ’30’. She’s already a Chartered Accountant, married with twins, a boy, and a girl. The future seems bright and she plans to switch to a less stressful job once they buy and move to their own house. That way, she’ll have more time for the kids, home and Kevin, her…
The holiday is almost upon us. Building a family and chasing your dreams can be tiring, but gratifying. In a few weeks, the kids will be out of school and you might be thinking: how can I make the most of this short vacation? How about bonding on a family vacation, here in Nigeria? Aside from…
I just want to be good at what I do. I want to be a good engineer. A good wife. A good mama. A good writer/blogger. I want to be a good friend. A good child of God. A good daughter. A good sister. Cousin. I want to earn a decent income. But “good”…
