Dear Santa....I’ve been a very good girl.

Christmas is around the corner and the excitement for the season is gradually picking up, don’t know if it’s only moi that is “giddy-giddy” excited and can’t wait for it to come. I have so many things to look forward to this Christmas.

I remember when I was a kid, we always had xmas parties at school at the end of the year with all the razzmatazz and some fake black “father-Christmas” who made half of the kids wail out of fear, the gifts we usually got from him were plastic bowls, exercise books, story books and i think i got bathroom slippers some year...SMH, despite the large amounts we were made to pay back then for the parties.

The coolest part was travelling to villa, we always stopped on the way to buy all sorts.... bread, banana, cashew nuts, “okpa”...name it, aww.....such fond memories, we always had one traditional wedding or occasion to attend and daily visits to relatives both known and unknown..who always exclaimed at how big we’ve grown, visit to grand-ma’s (may her lovely soul rest in peace) and all the rice, chicken, fried meat, mineral and money that our nice relatives dashed us in the spirit of xmas (SIGH) ...someone make me young again puulease!!!

This Christmas, there shall be no travels but i’ll try to have fun and keep in mind the reason for the season. I do hope i get a present this year as i haven’t had one in years...so please santa, i’ve been a very very good girl, here’s my wish list......

1. All expense paid trip to Israel: I have this dream of going to this Biblical wonderful place, to breathe the same air as the people of old (Ok! Practically not the same air but same specie), would love to visit the historic places and have a deep spiritual experience and a time of prayer and meditation.

2. I don’t go “click-click” wherever i go but i love to take nice pictures to capture memories once in a while and what better way to do it than with a high mega-pixel DSLR camera. I also think my blog will benefit greatly from this....hehehe

3. I am presently using this “atmosphere” Primark wallet, have only used it for 5 months and it’s falling apart, i guess it’s all my fault cos i cram a lot into it, sometimes i squeeze my two phones into it when i don’t feel like carrying my bag, now it takes a couple of extra muscles to get the clip shut. Having this nice Salvatore Ferragamo wallet would sure put a smile on my face and ease off the stress to my biceps.

These are the three tangible things am wishing for now, but above all, i wish my family and friends a beautiful Christmas season filled with joy, peace, love and God’s favour...i can’t ask for anything better. Ok! I know this is quite early but MERRY XMAS Y’ALL and VERY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!!

HOW SELFISH IS MY LOVE?

This post was actually pre-written in my jotter by 6:38pm sitting at my dining table and holding unto torchlight because PHCH as it’s their usual stock in trade were withholding power.
Just before the above time, was cutting some paw-paw and pineapple in the kitchen and these words came to me ....”HOW SELFISH IS YOUR LOVE?” weird abi? Who thinks of love while straining her eyes to cut some fruits for after dinner.
But it does make a lot of sense, love is a deep emotional sensitive feeling of care you have towards another...friends, family, spouse and of course your neighbour as God commands. It was that same love that prompted God to let his only son die on the cross for our sins (so unconditional and so pure and true), it was also love that was “shacking” Romeo and Juliet (By the way, was it a true life story or fictional work of art?), that same love made Beauty to see Beast as the cutest guy on earth (*slapping myself back to reality* Ok! Am digressing)
The best example of love i can give is the sacrificial love of Christ on the old rugged cross, he took the lashes for our sake, the spitting, accusations, wounds and to cap it all my stupidity, infirmities and shortcomings and come to think of it, he didn’t even charge 10kobo. He also enjoins us to share this same sacrificial love with others.....but lai! Lai! In this age, love has taken every meaning it wishes to other than the above....today, love is greedy, selfish/self-centered, Self aggrandising and a mean little creature..It takes an “in-it-to-win-it” attitude. There is no love between brothers and sisters, husband and wife, parents and children anymore...i recently read a story online about this weird dude that was sexually molesting his teenage daughter, i felt like reaching into the picture and giving him a million slaps to snap his perverse mind back to its senses.
I think love is just putting others needs above mine, it’s sacrificial and seeks to do no wrong......and of course it DOESN”T CHEAT!!!!! SOMEONE PLEASE TELL THAT TO MY NEIGHBOUR!!! (I saw his pretty wife about six weeks ago, but she’s gone back to the UK with their daughter) and guess what??? His olodo, toothpick girlfriend is back....ask me how i knew? They were at their marathon NONSENSE again and woke me up from my beauty sleep only that it wasn’t as loud as usual this time around. Also saw her early this morning..she was probably stepping out to buy something cause she had hair-net on. I actually argued with hubby about it, i told him that if were close to the wife and knew her personally, i would call her up and report her husband’s stupid behaviour immediately....he said if he were the one, he wouldn’t cos that would be putting asunder. Well, for me..o, i can’t just stand what i term EVIL.....anyway that’s story for another day....BUT in all we do, let’s do it in love which is God’s way.