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´ Everyday I log on to surf the web and come across creepy headlines about marriages that had turned sour.... I can't help but wonder why and this got me thinking.... Wait a minute! These people were once in love..so deep that they considered a lifetime together..So the question is what went wrong? The clothes..the vendors...the crowd-filled rooms ... guests calling in per sec.... It's a major fuss these days about getting married. The days of  preparation for the D- day is always filled with laughter and loads of happiness...irrespective of the challenges some couples face as they look forward to tying the knot, the butterfly feeling never really disperses.  We all look forward to the wedding but are never really prepared and equipped for the journey ahead.  After the lovely music serenade, dance, colorful clothing and awesome gifts...then the silence creeps in.. Everyone goes back home and you left with HIM''. Then he starts to hit you.... The black e...

How would you rate your parenting capabilities? Young girls grow up to become mothers with their own children having little or no parenting skills thus giving rise to varying parenting techniques. I will tell you this funny story... A primary school teacher had a female kid in her class walk up to her crying. She inquired on what was wrong and the pretty girl complained that her classmate slapped her face - a male kid. She immediately summoned him to her office to inquire why he would put up such a terrible attitude and he replied her saying '' My dad says when a male is talking, it is wrong for a female to speak also because my dad would slap my mum if she speaks while he is talking''. Terrible Parenting!  Not only is he terrible as a father, he is also coaching his son to do likewise. The kid was suspended from school after a formal confrontation with his parents. Parenting doesn't come with a handbook, its an on-the-job training and its important we do i...

Hey guys, so I've been thinking of this particular issue and thought to share on my blog. I came across a lovely couple who have been in a relationship for years and are so in love with each other that they could barely take their hands off each other. Love for me is a beautiful thing and I love to see couples in love.... Now they both so heartbroken and have no idea what to do about this very dicey situation. Should they go on? should they stay apart? She's gone ahead to change her relationship status to '' its complicated'' and so has he... Shawn and Debbra have been together for so many years. She's literally stayed by his  side through thick and thin.... A virtuous woman in every sense. He was so proud of her and thought  it was due time to get hitched with the woman of his dreams... Of course she was that woman in every sense... They get themselves checked in preparation for their lives together only to find out that they has incompatibl...

We all look forward to an amazing life tomorrow and that's great faith! But the question is this: How prepared are you for what tomorrow brings?  Taking stocks of our lives sure gives us an opportunity to improve the quality of our lives by making some adjustments to areas of our lives where we seems to have derailed. Simple lifestyle changes could be all your body needs.  Lets take a deep look at some of the changes I prescribe...  1. READ MORE BOOKS I overheard someone say that the best place to keep secrets from most humans is to hide them in a book. Have you ever wondered why most people skip the rigor of having to read through the Terms and Conditions? They simply scroll through to the end and click the box that says ''I AGREE''. Learning and Mastering the act of reading is one of the best things you can do to achieve a tomorrow that would thank you. I recently joined a book club and its been an amazing experience.  George Martin onc...

  Sometime last year we were made to go see the doctor to carry out a comprehensive test. This was mandatory for all staff in the office and it felt great to have us all checked out. Weeks after the tests were carried out, we received our results and it was striking to note that quite a number of us had high levels of the ''bad cholesterol''.  Now I understood why I kept experiencing the shortness of breath, constant palpitations etc... I was slowly dying... I knew I had to know what this was about as the doctor's final words were ' ' change your lifestyle and exercise more''.  We began to perform weekly exercises and dietary plans. Usually not everyone is good at enforcing changes in habits alone so that made the whole group thingy a pleasant thing. Till date we still carry out the joint fitness exercises weekly and its amazing how much tremendous changes we've all experienced. What are the ''bad cholesterol'' and good ...