Real Dads

I have so many names I would love to give to my child and all my children – lovely, posh, beautiful to pronounce and sweet to hear…and of course, the names have to be in my native language because their interpretations are sweet, special and peculiar. I am not against …

As a child, I remembered every promise made to me by uncles, aunties and relatives especially during festive period and I kept reminding them regularly until fulfillment. I think every child does that, isn’t it? Days when you have your  ‘promise book’ and different strategies  to ‘collect your right’ from …

Do you remember your childhood days? Days when you acted movies without scripts Days when you cooked delicious meals with weeds, stones and milk containers (although you never tasted it…did you?) Days when you composed so many rhymes in your native dialect (do you still remember some of the songs?) …

The real fathers are not just defined by the number of children they brought forth but the numbers they nurtured. You have been a father to a million and one children; biological, spiritual and in the corporate environment. Those older and younger look up to you and call You fatherYour …

Its another season of ‘new year resolutions’ Hoping to live a new life in a new year To some, it stays written down, To others, it is acted on in just a few days thereafter, everything returns to “normal’ And then, the cycle continues   For parents, aunties and uncles, …

As we gradually approach the end of the year, one of the tasks we find ourselves doing is goal setting. To some people, it is by default while to others, it must be intentional else there will not be any direction in the new year. Goals should not be limited …

Children are fully dependent In need of someone to lean on at all times Either young or old, Your full attention is constantly required A womb to nuture A shoulder to carry A finger to structure An eye to culture A life to sow To reap another life Engraved with …