Simplicity of Me, Complexity of We

Timi sighed deeply as he disconnected the lengthy call with his Mum. ‘Darling, Mama said she is coming over by next weekend’, he told his wife. Adana’s countenance changed automatically. ‘That is good. When exactly? And how long will she be staying?’, she quickly added when she noticed my gaze. ‘She did not really specify o; you know Mama now. By next week, we will know more details. But you know she is coming over to help with the babies’, I replied. ‘My sister is already around for that, dear. Plus you know my mother has already arranged to come over by month end. Where would they all stay?’ she replied with a scowl fast marring her features as she exited our bedroom. I just quietly decided not to press the issue but I could not help but wonder why Mama and Adana just did not get along well. They seemed to manage themselves whenever I am around but even a donkey would sense the tension in the air. Truth be told, Adana never uttered anything bad about Mama but you could easil...

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I stared hard into my wallet. My brain was refusing to comprehend what my eyes were seeing. I closed my eyes and counted to five and opened them again. This was more like my eyes were refusing to see what my brain knew they should see. Abi, what kind of nonsense dream was I dreaming this afternoon… ‘Aunty, let me come back. Let me serve customers’ said Deola the salesgirl at the office canteen as she moved away to attend to the customers who just entered. I tried to gather my thoughts as she left. Small Papa had given me N10,000 to buy needed foodstuff on my way back home from the office. I was very sure that I put the money in my wallet and even put it in a different part of the wallet from my own small change. In fact, I still saw it when I paid for my transport fare this morning. I saw it when I removed my passport photograph to submit my bank form to the HR manager. ‘What is the matter, Iheoma?’ Sharon asked. We had both come down to the canteen to eat together. She ...

Hannah’s story in the bible has usually been like one of the bible story we learn as kids in Sunday School as one of the lessons of faith or as evidence of God’s ability to answer prayers. Personally, I have read it more than a couple of times, more often than not as the story of how Samuel the prophet was born way way back many centuries ago… But even though it does not span more than a couple of chapters in the bible, it is a profound story with a lot of insight that applies to modern life and living. While setting my sights on read a more ‘ mature ’ epistle written by Paul ( sometimes my reasoning confounds me sef ), I had a nudge in my spirit to read 1 Samuel. The story of the mother somehow caught my attention. I had never really considered what this woman went through or the price she paid but I found myself amazed at her sacrifice. Many would probably think it inconsequential until they put themselves in her shoes. There is no other word to call it other than sacrifice....