Diary of Ige

My goodness! I can’t believe I am just coming into this now! Where have I been? I won’t be too hard on myself though, my mom-hands have been full and there is a time for everything under the heavens, just thankful I can do this now. Not here to endorse or promote any trading platform, person or organisation. I have basically just made this discovery and spent the last several weeks educating myself by watching loads of videos on YouTube, listening to trade influencers, reading trading blogs and even studying the different stock exchange markets. I’ve familiarized myself with trading terms, what they mean, learnt about different types of trading platforms, investment types and just about everything related to it. It’s good to do your own due diligence when you want to try anything out for the first time, just so you feel confident enough to go into it. This is what I have been doing. I have tried to understand the potential risks involved in trading crypto, stocks and shares and d...

The first thing I remembered when I woke up this morning was a poem I had been taught in primary school: My Mother by Ann Taylor . It was taught as a song and I kept singing it repeatedly in my head, couldn’t sing it out loud as I wanted my little munchkins to think I didn’t even remember it was Mother’s Day. I’d been ignoring the huddling together, conversing in hushed tones, walking into a room and the frantic packing away of God knows what! Lol! Well, I found out they were making me bracelets. They never fail to surprise me pleasantly any chance they get and all I wanted to do was carry on as if I did not know they were planning something. I have read many amazing messages from people and comments on social media. One in particular, stuck with me: “a mother can play any role, but her role is one that no one else can play” This made me pause and think of how important the relationship between a mother and a child is, and I include anyone that has stepped into that role: dads,...

I have searched and still can’t find the right words to adequately express my sadness, and if I feel this way, I can’t even begin to imagine how the family and friends of Sarah Everard must be feeling at this time. Every time her picture came up on the screen these past days, I’d look intently at her face, like I was searching for…answers? Her smile looked like that of a kind person and I am certain she was one, and much loved by people in her world. I didn’t see anything that would make her a threat to anyone. So, was it her gender that put her at risk? My heart is racing as I type this question. I’m appalled, disgusted and even angry that this could happen, why do we do this to one another? Why do we look inward and come up with a reason, any reason at all to even think of hurting a fellow human? If you have no value for another life, it means you have no value for your own. But your life means something, every life does. I thought this week was tough on me emotionally as a par...

…when everything is said and done, what will matter most is how well you guarded your crown... Reference: Revelation 3 vs 11 So we've come to the end of the first working week in 2021 and it seems like it is already a full month! So much have happened in just one week, it’s like 2021 is trying to take 2020 on a romantic date but no way are we going to endorse that relationship, it cannot be allowed! Who's with me?! Lol! So glad and thankful to be back at work, albeit remotely and to find my colleagues all safe and well. The reality of being in another lockdown is not pleasant, but we will do what we can to get out of this, we owe it to one another. If we think we are strong enough to get through this, let's remember some are struggling and if we do what is right, the quicker we get out of this pandemic and the better for us all. Please, let's continue to look after one another by wearing facemasks and social distancing as advised. Like many, I've been followin...

Hi, just decided to share my thoughts this last night of 2020. If you ask me how I got to this last day of 2020, I can only think of one of the songs that carried me through the year as an answer, that is  Akamdinelu by Mercy Chinwo . I honestly just lived it minute by minute, but I've never been so mindful and grateful for all those precious minutes. If anyone can raise up their hands and say they made it this far on their own strength and wisdom, I will certainly call them liars. This year tested us, but I saw the best of my fellow humans this year as I believe it gave us a chance to reflect on our life choices and how well they are working for us or against us. I also believe it tested our strength and showed us where our strength ends and can't take anymore is where God's strength picks us up and helps us continue. I was guilty of echoing "Can't 2020 be over already" before I realised I had not fully figured out what this year required of me and stop...

25 November is the International Day to End Violence against Women & the 🌎 is turning orange 🧡 to show that #GenerationEquality stands against gender-based violence.  Let’s kick off the #16Days of Activism with UN Women & #orangetheworld! Remember, you are not alone.  For more information,please click on the link below: https://www.un.org/en/observances/ending-violence-against-women-day #spreadtheword

Logged out of work and remained at the table with nothing other than mini stollen bites and chilled Baileys Irish Cream on my mind! I've been thinking of how to make this Christmas one to remember (…yeah I know what’s going on, I haven’t just crawled out from under a rock!) just as the whole year 2020 will be unforgettable.....do I hear an Amen?! Having a Christmas devoid of a proper school nativity, Christmas panto, carol services where you are belting out songs at the top of your lungs (now, I’d be panic stricken if someone decides to sing near me!) or going to a Christmas Market teeming with loads of people while you work your way through each stall, munching on warm delicious macaroons or giant churros dripping with warm chocolate syrup! I refuse to feel depressed about anything and instead make this 2020 Christmas a memorable one as God will allow! I had a white Christmas tree delivered weeks ago and I already have my theme in my head. Never had a white tree before, alwa...

Autumn never was a season I would say I embraced, probably because of the mess I thought it made, with all the dead leaves falling to the ground and the additional job of having to tidy your garden! My kids have always loved it, they love kicking their feet through the pile of leaves and grabbing a fistful of it and throwing it up in the air (with me holding my breath and praying they weren't grabbing dog poo with it!) I have now come to see it differently, more appreciative of how nature and things around us respond to these changes in seasons. I don't see dry and dead leaves again but beautiful autumn shades. I don't see a mess again but an autumn inspired beautifully decorated carpet. It gives us time too, time to prepare for a harsher season, winter. This got me thinking of how God has a strategy to all He does, there is absolutely no chaos to anything He does. That is why we can use our intelligence to unravel things and find solutions to several issues. Some m...

Education has a great role to play in all this mayhem in Nigeria. Is quality education being wielded as a weapon against the less privileged? This protest has unveiled a lot to the world or should I say it confirms nothing has changed with the education system except for a rise in private schools which majority of families in Nigeria simply can’t afford. This generation is too 'woke' as they call it and are beginning to see through all the lies and deceit they are being fed. Public Schools in Nigeria is a mockery and I wonder if they think it’s every family that can afford to send their kids to private schools. Why must the less privileged always be left behind? They have been failed in healthcare and in education, two vital provisions of every responsible government to it's citizens. Don’t forget that if you do not train children as you should, they will train themselves as they see fit and God help you when that happens, it's Proverbs 22 vs 6 that says: Point ...

Still watching the news with much sadness as there are still so much atrocities being committed against peaceful protesters.I'm however gladdened by the way the youths are coming together and demonstrating how resourceful they can be, they have rallied around each other, covering all bases: medical attention for the injured, raising funds to keep the momentum, providing legal services to victims and their families and a host of other exemplary actions. What this government and past ones have failed to do in decades, the youths have achieved within days. These politicians keep recycling themselves and their incompetence in elections just for the sole purpose of lining their pockets. I wonder how and when the country’s resources become a national cake that is to be shared amongst a select few! My prayer is for the youths out on the streets protesting justly and demanding for their basic rights, of which at the fore front is the basic right to life, to live a rich and full life,...