So today I was to go to the airport to confirm a flight booking for a friend. I got dressed and when I stepped out, I decided to book a Bolt ride.
In less than 5 minutes the driver arrived and I was surprised when I discovered that it was a pregnant woman who was the bolt driver.
She was heavily pregnant. Her stomach was big. She looked like she was 8 months pregnant already.
I stood there staring at her for a while.
"Are you the bolt driver?"
"Yes."
"I looked at her and turned to enter the car."
"Buckle up your seat belt, sir."
I buckled up.
She began to drive.
Calmly.
"This is my first time seeing a heavily pregnant woman doing bolt service."
She smiled.
"Yes. I have heard that over 5 times today since morning. Everyone looks surprised."
"Yes. It is surprising. I won't bother if you were not pregnant. But you are pregnant. At this stage, I feel like I should be the one driving you."
She laughed.
"I am fine. It is my Job to offer my services."
"How long have you been driving?"
She smiled.
"Since I became pregnant."
"Are you serious? And oga allowed you?"
"My husband is crippled. He became crippled last year after he was involved in an accident."
I was silent for some seconds.
She turned to me and smiled.
"You speechless?"
"I am. I didn't expect that response. I am sorry."
"It is fine Jarey. We had this car parked at home. So since he can't drive it out anymore or go to work, I decided to stand up and do the work to put food on the table."
I became emotional as she spoke.
"He did it for me and took care of me before his accident. Now that he is not able to do it anymore, I believe it is my duty to do it for him too and our unborn child."
I nodded and smiled.
"Thank you for supporting him. He must be very lucky."
She smiled.
"He is. But I am lucky too."
From the way she spoke about her husband, I could tell the man treated her very well when he was still strong and able.
Today when he is down, she took it upon herself to take care of him too.
Men, be good to your wives. Love them genuinely. Respect them. Treat them with kindness while you are strong enough to do so.
Because the love you sow into a woman's heart today may become the strength she uses to carry you tomorrow. Only a woman who was loved well, will stand by you in your time of struggles.
Praises Chidera Obiora
A child acting older than their age does not stop them from being a child.
Sometimes “maturity” is innocence stolen too soon.
Children deserve protection. Children cannot give consent.
Happy Children’s Day 🤍🎈 #ChildrensDay#ProtectChildren#ChildProtection#SafeChildhood
We have so many Christians in this App yet we don't share Testimonies.
If God did something supernatural for you lately, let's hear it.
Mine - Barely 2 months ago, I had a Ruptured Appendix Operation. Three days later I had complications and almost died.
Scan results said I had fluid in my lungs, Ultrasound results said my intestines were twisted. I couldn't breathe or walk anymore.
They had to fix a pipe in from my nose to my stomach to drain fluid and help me breathe.
I was rushed from the Private Hospital to Ubth for a second operation with less than 5 percent chances of survival.
I already said my goodbyes to my families, my wife and my son.
I said my last prayers, gave a last instruction and direction to the Church and succumbed to death BUT MERCY SAYS NO.
GOD stepped in, the waters in my lungs disappear, the twisted intestines were released. Within 5 days in UBTH, MIRACLE took place and God Healed and restored me to full health.
In all I stayed for 12days no food or water just drips and IVs.
I NEVER WENT FOR THE SECOND OPERATION IN UBTH.
THIS INDEED IS A MIRACLE.
A Nation Losing Its HUMANITY.
Some events shatter a society so deeply that words are no longer enough to express the shock; the brutal killing of a teacher and the horrific rape and murder of an elderly woman are among such tragedies. These are not isolated incidents but signs of deeper moral and social decay.
How did we get here? How did we reach a point where teachers are hunted and killed, and the elderly—custodians of memory and wisdom—suffer such dehumanising violence?
This is more than a security crisis; it is a failure of collective humanity. We have become desensitised, consuming tragedy briefly and moving on, allowing indifference to normalise the unacceptable.
To the families affected, I share in your grief. But grief alone is not enough.
We must demand accountability and urgent systemic change. If such atrocities no longer move us to action, then we risk losing our shared humanity. -PO
Teach your boy child “ Men are not Polygamous in Nature
Teach your boy child that “a Man not cheating isn’t Simp but rare gem
Teach him not to seek Validation from DAMAGED Men on social media
Teach Your boy child how to handle Rejections
Teach your Boy child Consents & No means No
Teach your Boy the beauty of staying faithful with one woman
Teach your boy child respect towards women
Teach Your boy child the gravity of their actions
Lastly :Be a Good examples to your boy child because you can tell them all this things but if you’re not leading by examples then you’re a joker.
Happy INTERNATIONAL BOY CHILD DAY 🩷.
It’s like someone is after your life in every corner in Nigeria.
Anyone still drinking anything other than water in Nigeria has decided to deliberately mortgage his own life. Go for water, biko. 🙏
Yes I’ll admit
That post about Caesarian section triggered me
Because I’m a woman who was in labour for 40 hours
I was given the maximum dose of oxytocin three times to induce labour and did not dilate beyond 2cm
I was so mentally prepared to push out a human but my body just wouldn’t
Which one should I talk about?
The intense pain ripping through me every few minutes?
Should I talk about how excruciating it is to have doctors check you for dilation while you’re actively in labour?
Should I talk about the exhaustion?
Should I talk about how that when those who have vaginal delivery have long forgotten CS moms are still grappling with wounds and pain and numbness and tingling from the anaesthetsia?
I had my baby in Canada and the nurses kept asking me if I wanted a pain relief
I did not want any drug to interfere
I was ready to bear the pain and I did
I think I have the most supportive husband in the world. He stood there every second with me. Holding my hand. Wincing as Pain coursed through me
But he did not feel the pain. Not the physical one.
I did.
So has every woman who has gone through this
When the doctors saw that my contractions were not the “good type”, they said I could get a uterine rupture, I had to be taken for a CS.
And everyday I’m grateful to God for the miracle of a CS
That a mother who has given her all can still have her baby and they both be fine
So sir, when you have had contractions for 40 hours
When you have had 7 layers of your body sliced open so you can bring forth children
When you have gone months nursing a wound that is layers deep
When you’ve been placed on a cold surgical table and cut 7 layers deep
For some 4 times.
Then come back and have this Conversation with me
Thank God for your mother and the long line of women in your family that had vaginal deliveries.
But no two women are the same.
Don’t put that burden on the woman you would marry.
A CS is not a shortcut
A CS does not make a woman weak
A CS does not happen because you did not pray enough or you’re unlucky
A CS is a medical miracle so that women like me especially pre term moms, can come out alive from the mystery that is pregnancy and childbirth
Blessings.
This married woman is an apprentice just like me, we are both learning how to sew. This morning, she came to work late and our madam asked her to kneel down.
This is somebody’s wife ooo.
I summoned courage to tell her that she can’t ask someone’s wife to kneel down just because she came late, at least respect her husband.
Can you imagine that this woman slapped me and ask me to stop coming to her shop.. that I’m so disrespectful and that’s why she doesn’t accept Igbo people.
I didnt argue i just asked her to refund me back my 160k
I paid for 6 months and I’ve only spent 3 weeks with her
People around are asking me to beg my madam instead of asking for a refund that this is how it’s being done