Thank you to everyone who has chosen to stick with CWF from the very beginning, any measure of success wouldn’t have been possible without your support. As per our continuous commitment to excellence, public links for the blog will no longer be posted on social media on a regular basis. Instead, I really just want …
There was a time in my life when I wondered if I could get a job as a professional tv watcher. Yes, you read that right. Not a movie reviewer or even a critic but someone who just watched movies. The thing is, that was a phase when I kept wondering what I would do …
“Magistrate!” followed by long bursts of laughter was what always characterised visits from my dad’s friend. At that time of course, I had no idea what the word actually meant, all I knew was that he was some sort of law officer and a dear friend of my father. Don’t worry, this isn’t a story …
On Becoming a Lawyer: Booming Laughter and Fathers’ Dreams Read More »
/Articulate/ verb: to explain; to put into words; to make something specific. ‘Articulate’ is such an elegant word but without being too pompous. Its fancy enough that it’s not used in everyday sentences and yet it’s simple enough to be understood. Basically, there are sometimes you can’t seem to put your thoughts into the proper …
I don’t even know where to start from. When I started this blog, I started with the thought at the back of my mind that I would eventually abandon it, like everyone I knew who had ever started a blog. But somewhere along the line I realized that I didn’t, wouldn’t abandon it, at least …
You know that expression “the sun rises from the east”? It’s a geographical fact I’ve known for a while thanks to my dad’s love for geography but I’ll just have to say I never really understood the magnitude and the truth of the phrase until recently. I took a trip to a town in the …
Welcome to December! Usually when I reflect on a year, I do it by recalling all the big things that happened during the months but in 2021, the year was slow and full of unexpected events and so there isn’t many “big moments” to recall and so I decided that I would be intentional about …
Intentional Happiness: On things that only God can do for us Read More »
In my life, there’s not a lot of things I regret but the things that I do, I really do regret them. The least we can do is learn from those regrets and vow to do better. But are there some things that you take no lessons from? Let me share this story with you …
I said to a friend in a recent conversation “why do we have to go through becoming, why can’t we just become?” I made this comment in reference to a conversation about us becoming adults because the “adulting” stage is so complicated and painful sometimes, I wish I could skip it altogether and just become …
I had a pretty rough week last week, it felt like I was running on a really low emotional battery. I wonder if any of you reading this can relate to feeling that way, are there some days that just seem difficult for you to go through? I would like to know how you overcome …
