Category: Musings
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The Big 30: The Concept of Aging and the Significance We Give It
I fully stepped into my 30s last week, and it came with a lot of introspection. At every milestone age, I have imagined some drastic change happening, almost like the age will unlock a new version of me. I assumed that with age came certain responsibilities or maybe even a deeper sense of self and…
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The Man Downstairs
Dele had always found him creepy. From the moment he moved into his uncle’s flat in Lagos, there was something off about the man who lived downstairs. People in the compound spoke about his weirdness like it was a running joke and brushed it off. “That’s just how he is,” they’d say. “He doesn’t talk…
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The Beauty of Delayed Duas: Experiencing Eid in Madina
Four years ago, I made a dua in Madinah, not knowing how or when it would be answered. Today, I’m living in the Prophet’s city, experiencing Eid in ways I once only imagined. This is a reflection on the beauty of delayed duas — and how Allah always writes a better story.
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Two Years Later: Remembering a Gem
Some losses never truly go away, we just learn to live with them. 2023 was a year of loss for me. It didn’t even give me a chance to ease into the new year before serving my family and me back-to-back losses. I’ve struggled to write about it because thinking about it still hurts. Time…
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Rediscovering Dubai as a Tourist: Lessons in Returning to a Familiar Place
For someone who lived in Dubai for four years as an undergraduate, visiting again- this time as a tourist -felt both surreal and refreshing. Following up from my last post, I guess we are not completely over the nostalgia phase – because what’s more nostalgic than revisiting a city you once called home for four…
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An Ode to a Life That Was
Ada stood in front of the house she had called home for over a decade. It was a place that had shaped her childhood in ways she couldn’t put into words, the good, the bad, and everything in between. Today, though, it looked different, almost unrecognizable. The green building she remembered was now painted a…
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Restarting After a 3-Year Hiatus: Finding My Voice Again
Hello everyone, Isn’t it funny how life has a way of throwing so much at you all at once? The past few years have been packed with big changes and life lessons—enough to keep my mind racing with ideas to share here. And yet, I’ve struggled with the very thing I created this blog for…
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On Being Stuck
I had a plan, and for once, I thought I was going to stick to it. One of my resolutions this year was to post on my blog every month. At the time, it didn’t seem like much—it felt completely doable. I even went ahead and highlighted blog post ideas to develop in advance for…
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My COVID 19 Experience
Just when 2020 was rounding off and I was about thanking God for surviving the year despite the challenges, especially avoiding being affected directly by the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Alas! It happened, I tested positive.
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Ruminating Over The COVID 19 Lockdown in Nigeria
I knew the Lockdown was going to happen even before it did. I remember laughing at the comments of my colleagues who held on the Hope that we had just one case. The same hope every Nigerian has while re-voting in a government that has continued to fail them. But what was the possibility that…