I looked at T, the young man who has been helping me with my hair loss treatment at the gentle touch office for some weeks now. He was standing behind me but I could see us both in the mirror. I had anxiously asked him if there were any signs of improvement as he assessed my hair. “What happened to your hair happened gradually and over time. You also have to give it time to …
Heart songs: The songs that my heart sings. Lifestyles: The style of my life or the way I am living. To help me get a better grasp of this edition’s theme, I needed to break up the words like I did above. Then, I just asked God to illuminate them some more because I wanted to write based on His wisdom not mine or the world’s. I even refused to check the dictionary. So, all …
Sometime in the year 2014, the Guardian UK –in error- published a personal essay by the multiple awards winning- Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie. Beyond the opportunity to freely enjoy Ms. Adichie’s elegant prose, the Guardian’s error turned the switch and brought much-needed light to bear on the subject of depression, and the Nigerian woman. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), depression is a mood disorder ‘‘characterized by sadness, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of …
