Chiomah's Blog

Book Review: Portrait of a Homemaker by Mine Ujam

January 14, 2021 No Comments

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“I am a housewife… ” be honest what perception do you have of women who are house wives a.k.a home makers or SAHMS (Stay at home mums). Many times we see such mums as women who do not want to work but what work could be more tasking that running a home and looking after a family full time! I have experienced being a SAHM as I willingly resigned from work about 13 years ago to spend more time with my young family. I had a small business and even though I went back to paid employment a couple of […]

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PARENTING, RELATIONSHIPS

7 tips for parents with children in boarding house

December 22, 2020 2 Comments

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Good day everyone! So the video of the young man who was abused and starved in boarding house has been trending and I do hope that his parents do all they can to help him recover from the trauma. Truth be told I am not a fan of boarding house, but I am not totally against it either…this is because sometimes parents don’t have other options and a good boarding facility is not without its benefits. I would rather a child is in a good boarding house than totally unsupervised at home. However, I would rather children stay home till […]

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INSPIRATION

How can we help Parents of children living with disability?

December 9, 2020 No Comments

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It was World Disability day recently! As we celebrate persons living with disabilities it is also important to celebrate all the amazing mums who are doing so much for their special children. Mums who in spite of the difficulties and discrimination go the extra mile to ensure these children are loved and cared for. I celebrate mums like Amina Yahaya Bello the lovely wife of the Executive Governor of Kogi State who takes superb care of her son and founded the @hayatfoundation to ensure that other children living with cerebral palsy and other disabilities get excellent care. I celebrate mums […]

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INSPIRATION, PARENTING

Morerinayo Odunola : Baking her way up!

November 16, 2020 No Comments

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Tell us about your growing up years and educational background? Growing up as the first born out of 7 made me develop a leadership and motherly role. For my educational background, I studied French Language in the University of Ilorin and I have an MBA in Human Resources Management from the University of Wales, UK. I know you had a 9 to 5? Did you ever plan to be an entrepreneur? I never ever thought or planned to become an entrepreneur . How supportive was your family.? Very very supportive. Name that area of life, they were there. Why did you […]

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INSPIRATION, MORE, PARENTING

Oghogho “O.G” Dixon : Rising to the top

November 6, 2020 No Comments

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Oghogho Dixon, known as O.G Dixon was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. O.G. comes with eighteen years’ oil field experience; working in various countries, supporting sundry customers, building talents and a diverse workforce. In her career, she has implemented strategies in driving profitability across various businesses, complemented by a remarkable customer service track record. She joined GE Oil & Gas as the Central Africa Sales Director for Oil &Gas in September 2015 with over 15 years Oilfield experience. She became the SSA regional product company leader for Surface in 2016, West Africa Sales Director for BHGE in 2017 and currently […]

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INSPIRATION, PARENTING

Guest Post: “I was once a girl child ” by Enene Ejembi

October 11, 2020 No Comments

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I was once a girl child. A nurtured, loved, protected, girl child. I wish that were the norm. I remember my teacher in primary school taking a little bit too much of a liking — an inappropriate liking, to me. I remember the day he told me I had gotten several answers wrong in our end of term examinations and wouldn’t ‘come 1st’. He said because he loved me, he wanted me to ‘come 1st’. He gave me a list of the right answers and told me to erase my wrong ones, insert the right ones and I’d be ahead. […]

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INSPIRATION, PARENTING

Lessons from a Plantain/ Banana Tree

October 6, 2020 No Comments

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So I harvested a bunch of plantains from my backyard yesterday and thought to share some lessons for parenting and life! Motherhood is no joke for the plantain or banana tree because once they bear a bunch of fruit then they die… however that’s not the end of the story. Before the plant dies you will notice that suckers which are baby plants, begin to grow from around the base of the parent plant. So although the parent tree dies , it is replaced by baby banana plants almost immediately. I planted just a single plant 2 years ago and […]

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