Ordinary Nigerian parents making extraordinary bets on their children is 90 percent of the miracles in this country. Corn seller in Imo, 120k, 2-week bootcamp in Enugu. God bless that mother forever.
When you have an 'I hate my job' day, try this out:
Stop at your pharmacy, go to the thermometer section & purchase a rectal thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson.
Be very sure you get this brand.
When you get home, lock your doors, draw the curtains and disconnect the phone so you will not be disturbed.
Change into comfortable clothing and sit in your favorite chair. Open the package and then remove the thermometer and place it on a flat surface so that it will not become chipped or broken.
Now the fun part begins.
Take out the literature from the box and read it carefully. You will notice that in small print there is a statement:
"Every rectal thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson is personally tested and then sanitized."
Now, close your eyes and repeat out loud five times, "I am so glad I do not work in the thermometer quality control department at Johnson & Johnson."
Last week, a 35-year-old male died in my ER because he did everything "wrong" after a snake bite. He followed "movie logic" instead of medical reality.
Here is everything you should know about snake bites and exactly what to do to stay alive. 🧵
How many relationships are broken, how many stories become complicated, how many unspoken words remain suspended. And yet the Gospel shows us that there is always a way to continue to love, even when everything seems irredeemably compromised.