January 2011 – THISMATERIALGIRL

Where is the love?

Where is the love? The bible defines love as patient, kind, not envious, not proud, amongst others (1 cor 13:1-8). How many relationships apply this definition in reality? Today, most relationships use love as a justification for sex instead of the words lust or infatuation. How easy it is to […]

Evolver

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At 14, walking down the street with a boy, not to imagine two or more, hanging at the corner would have been my worst nightmare. Being shy was an understatement! At 16, dreams of forever after with the boy that lived down the street was the best part of my […]

Letter to Dee

Dear Dee,Why did you make me fall in love with you and then leave me? How was it possible that you could fall so easily out of love with me? I always thought your promise was for life and I did not think that I would someday hear you say […]

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Delay Plus Denial

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As I sit and wait for my flight back to Lagos, I scan through the myriad faces trying to locate a familiar one. You see, the flight had been initially scheduled for 3:30pm, only for me to get a text the previous day from the airline saying the flight had […]