Life as a single mum, full-time student and working part-time. Hello everyone, how are we all today? In today’s post, I want to talk about life as a single mother, a full-time student, and working part-time. And, of course, How I handled it. So basically, I stayed organised and completed my two-year course at college. If you don’t know, I decided to go back to studies in 2017 when my daughter was three years old. Despite being a single mother with no support from anywhere, I had to look around at my lifestyle, and I decided I wanted to do…
My North East Sensory Services Speech
My North East Sensory Services Speech. Hey everyone, I hope you are all well. In today’s post, I am sharing an extraordinary event I attended in November 2019. North East Sensory Services celebrated its 100th Birthday, and I was honoured to share the experience I have had with the Charity. I was very excited when I was invited to the event because I already knew what I would share. It was a fun event. I was nervous when I got onto the stage because I was not too fond of presentations. However, I managed to stand on stage and present…
2020 Is My Year Of Perfection
2020 Is My Year Of Perfection. Happy New Year, Happy New Decade, Happy New Everything. Finally, we are here guys, we made it. All the excitement, preparations, parties after parties. It all leads to a brand new decade. I hope every day had an amazing New Year Eve’s. Let me know what you got up to in the comments below. I want to know every little juicy detail. Guess what I did? I went to church! It was not planned at all. A quick very last minute decision. We were actually just sitting at home, getting ready for bed and…
Why Did I Become A Lifestyle Blogger?
Why did I Become A Lifestyle Blogger? Hello guys, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a self-reflection on why I became a lifestyle blogger. I wrote about How Blogging Changed My Life recently. If you have not checked it out, please read it, as it’s a good one. There are many reasons why I became a lifestyle blogger. I started blogging because I wanted to journal my new life as a single mother. I had so many stories to share and wanted to share them with the world. However, I realised that many single…
How Living With HIV Affect Me As A Single Mother?
How Living With HIV Affect Me As A Single Mother? Hello everyone, I hope you are well. n today’s post, I will be sharing a reflection on how living with HIV affect me as a single mother. Recently, I wrote about my journey of living with HIV. I appreciate all the support from those posts, such as Being Pregnant With HIV. Thank you so much. How Living With HIV Affect Me As A Single Mother? As a mother in general, you worry about Children. You would want to do anything for them and to protect them. You want to care…
Where Do I See Myself In Ten Years?
Where do I see myself in Ten years? Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a reflection on where I see myself in ten years. I love blogging because you get inspired to write a new post from your old posts. I wrote Letter to My Younger Self in January 2019 and recently wrote Letter to My Future Self, and I am about to talk about where I see myself in 10 years. The fact that I wrote a letter to my future self does not mean within ten years. It might take up…
The Engagement That Changed My Life
The Engagement that changed my life. Hey everyone, I hope you are well. In this post, I will be sharing a storytime about the Engagement that changed my life. I have not done a storytime in a long time and felt I should share one. Before I start, I want to say that this Storytime is about Domestic violence and Sexual Assault. You all know me and know I like to keep things real, so please do not expect anything other than genuine. The Engagement That Changed My Life The Beginning When I was 21 years old, I was introduced…
How Blogging Changed My Life
How has blogging changed my life? Hey everyone, I hope you are well. I want to share my reflection on my experience in the blogging world and how it has changed my life in today’s post. I hope you enjoy it and be inspired to start your journey too. How Blogging Changed My Life The Begining When I was in college in 2017, one of our communication class tasks was to write an article about a particular subject and publish it in any form of publication. That could be creating a website, a newspaper article, a radio podcast, and a…
How Does HIV Affect My Dating Life?
How does HIV affect my dating life? Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a reflection on How HIV Affect My Dating Life. I will start by saying thank you for the support in my previous post – Being Pregnant With HIV. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an infection that attacks the body’s immune system, specifically the white blood cells called CD4 cells. HIV destroys these CD4 cells, weakening a person’s immunity against opportunistic infections, such as tuberculosis and fungal infections, severe bacterial infections and some cancers. – World Health Organisation. How Does…
Being Pregnant With H.I.V
Being pregnant with H.I.V. Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In honour of World Aids Day 2019, I want to share my story about living with H.I.V. I have been living with H.I.V. for six years. And I feel I am in a place where I am ready to live life in full and talk about it. I have spoken about my pregnancy journey in a previous post. However, I have not discussed things a little further. It has been a long journey since my pregnancy diagnosis in 2013. I have learnt so much and still learning, and I…
Last Christmas – A Christmas Reflection
Last Christmas – A Christmas Reflection. Hey everyone, I hope you are well and welcome to Blogmas 2019!! I am very excited about this year’s Blogmas. I have a lot planned for the festival season. It has been an incredible year and I want to end it with a BANG! In this post, I am going to share with you a timeline 5 years of Christmas. A reflection of why this year’s Christmas is special. As you know, my life changed when my daughter was born back in 2014 and I became a single mum at age 24. Still young…
Letter To My Future Self
Letter To My Future Self. Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a letter to my future self. A letter to my future self is a perfect way to reflect on when you made it later in life. By writing a letter, you’ll see how far you have come. Earlier this year, I wrote Letter To My Younger Self. So I thought I’ll write a letter to my future self because she’ll probably need a friend to talk to if she ever reads this. Sometimes you need to be reminded of the person…
Working Mum 3 Months Reflection
Working mum 3 months reflection. Hey everyone, I hope you are well. It’s been three months since I started a new journey as a working mum. I thought it was time to do another reflection on how I am getting on. First of all, I can not believe it’s been three months already! Like I can say, I am a working single mum. It feels so surreal to say that I am working. There have been some challenges, not going to lie, but I always try to sort things out and move on and focus on the positive sides of…
Am I Ready For Twenty-Twenty?
Am I Ready For Twenty-Twenty? That’s the question we should all be asking ourselves. In today’s post, I will be sharing my Self-Reflection for 2019. With only two months left, I decided to share a Self-Reflection on the growth I have seen in myself in the last year. Let’s jump right into it. Am I Ready For Twenty-Twenty? Joys Of Twenty-Nineteen My aunt and husband visit the U.S.A. for – First time leaving Nigeria I was so proud when I heard this news. My aunt and her husband helped raise me when I was younger in Nigeria, and I lived…
New Job Reflective Journal
New Job Reflective Journal. Hey guys, I hope you are well. First of all, welcome to my new job reflective journal. This reflective journal is about sharing my experience in a new job as a single mother. I will try to make it weekly and short post. In this journal, I will be asking myself some questions about how I feel in my new job as a single mum working in a suitable position. As you all know by now, I have managed to secure myself a job and not just any job – My Dream Job! If you haven’t read…
Celebrate Life At Twenty Nine
Celebrate life at 29. Hey everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a reflection to celebrate life at twenty-nine. I am officially in my last 20s. It will be a breakdown reflection of how life has been in the previous 29 years, based on the things I have learnt, my mistakes, and the challenges I have overcome. I must say it has been a roller coaster journey. But we are still here, still alive and living. Celebrate Life At Twenty Nine Celebrating Things I Have At Twenty Nine I am a mother to a…
Becoming A Single Parent
Becoming A Single Parent. Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a reflection on becoming a single parent. I have heard many stories from women with 2 or 3 kids who have recently divorced or the other partner had left and had become a single parent. This is very heartbreaking, but it is the reality. Sadly, having children always seems to be the reason things don’t work when you’re dating or married. It really shouldn’t be like that. In other words, if your marriage or relationship was stable before the kids, why should…
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
Happy Mother’s Day. Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a special Mother’s Day dedication post. Today was Mother’s day in the U.K. My daughter and I spend the day at my parent’s house. We had a blast. It’s always great to have some mummy’s cooked food. I bought my mum some flowers and a card. Mama bear and her little cubs were all together again. It was a great atmosphere, lots of Nigerian dishes and bliss. I tried not to drink too much because I did not want to wake up with…
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