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Friendship languages: how much do you understand?

     You're always complaining that your friends aren't there for you, you think they aren't concerned about you enough. You're always asking for attention and not getting it. Have you thought that maybe you're asking the wrong people or asking the wrong way?    Just as there are love languages, I have also discovered that we may have friendship languages too. This happened after I decided to stop asking this particular friend of mine to call me on the phone regularly. This decision came from a place of pain but I had time to think and I later realized that I just wanted to be treated better. I took time to reminisce on other times he had been there for me and I finally saw the problem. I'll take you through some languages I discovered recently and you can add yours after you've understood my point.    “ A friend is a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations". There are ...

Mimi's 10th birthday: A brief rundown of the star Mimi is.

You can never do excellently in raising children, can you? Maybe you've seen a pattern that worked for some others but how do you know it'll work for you?  It's Mimi's birthday today and the only unspoken fear in our minds is,‘ hope we're doing it right '        Mimi has a routine for everyday she wakes up. Her life is pretty simple. Right from the day she knew that it was her right to be loved, she doesn't shy away from seeking attention. She cries at any inconvenience, she demands things and gets them and most importantly, she's a BUG! Arrghhh. It's very weird that she wakes up before everybody except on school and church days 😂 first to wake up during the holidays and weekends and guess why? I was talking about her routine before I deviated. Lol, soon as she wakes, she brushes her teeth and goes straight to the dinning table where her provisions are kept. She usually has a variety of options- my mummy makes sure of it. She...