Friday In House News

 Thank God It's Friday, Yaaaay!!!!

FRIDAY MEMO.....

Its a beautiful day.........

I hope that your day is going on well?I pray that it started well, it is going on well and will end well.....enjoy the peaceful comment section...LOL

Plenty hugs and kisses

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INSIDE THE MIND OF A WOMAN GOING THROUGH MOTHERHOOD 

Growing up, I wanted four kids. After my first, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to have another one because the stress of pregnancy and labour pain was totally out of this world.

 Three kids now, and I still pause at times to ask and pray for strength to pull through and be the good parent my children need. I look at my mom and many other moms around me when I was a child; most of them had between five and nine kids. I can’t help but wonder how they coped and remained sane, raising such a large number of kids, with work and everything else. Most were even breadwinners. 

How on earth did they cope with that amount of stress? They were breadwinners because, a lot of them in our circle back then were pastors’ wives whose husbands were in full-time ministry, and they also had to deal with “church drama”. 

Recently, I asked my childhood friends, who wanted a large number of kids when we were little, how they were coping and if they wanted more kids. Almost every one of them said they were done with two kids. 

Considering the cost of raising kids, not just financially, but also the mental and emotional stress. 

I will be seeing my mom soon and will definitely be giving her extra hugs and all; she is truly a strong woman—five kids and seven pregnancies. Hmnn, it can’t be me.

LMAO!!... I understand you perfectly cos i wanted three sets of identical twins but when i was pregnant with my first i removed it from my list of wants.....

I have been thinking  that is it possible that most of our mums back then had mental health issues from handling us? Cos just handling one pikin these days can tamper with ones mental health..

It truly takes God honestly!

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NOTORIOUS FOR JESUS

One night, I woke up to use the toilet, still very sleepy and walking. Suddenly, NEPA took the light.
Everywhere was quiet, the kind of silence that makes you remember all the village stories your grandma told you.
As I entered the toilet and raised my head small, I saw something.
A tall, huge shadow just standing on the wall like it had been waiting for me since forever.
My spirit left my body immediately.
Before I could even think, I shouted, “JESUS!!!” with full anointing.
Honestly, If there was any demon around, it would have fled because my shout alone was enough.
I even added, “Blood of Jesus! Holy Ghost fire!” just to be safe.
But the thing did not move. It didn’t come closer and it didn’t disappear.
That one confused me more.
Because at least, from all these Nollywood films, something is supposed to happen.
I stood there shaking like a phone on vibration mode. My heart was beating like a drum at a wedding party.
After a few seconds, I said, “Okay, let me be brave small.” I started moving closer, one step at a time, ready to run if anything touched me.
I was even praying in advance, just in case.

When I got closer, I squinted my eyes well-well. And that was when sense finally came back. Ah-ah! It was my overall. Yes, my own clothes that I hung there earlier in the day like a normal human being. 

So na me scare myself?I just stood there looking foolish, wondering how I would explain if I had fainted.
That night, I learned an important lesson: sometimes, the problems we have and shout “Jesus!” … na we cause am ourselves.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... I was already shaking with you while reading...OMG!!!...too funny!

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TEACHER LIFE
If I did not almost quit teaching during COVID, I don’t think I ever would.
Hmm… where do I even start from?
The last day of physical school was March 20, 2020. I remember clearly because it was French Language Day.
We left school thinking it was just a short break.
We had no idea.
Then came the lockdown.
And just like that, teaching changed overnight.

The transition from physical classroom to online learning was not funny at all.
I still remember our first staff Zoom meeting.
Some teachers were trying to join the link.
Others had joined but couldn’t unmute.
And the rest were saying, “Can you hear me?”
“Mute yourself! Mute yourself!” became the most repeated sentence in education.
Then came the real work — online classes.

We started scheduling lessons, managing links, trying to keep children engaged through screens… while also dealing with unstable electricity and buying data like pure water.
Some days, I was literally praying:
“God, just let this network hold for 30 minutes.”
Lesson preparation became something else entirely.
I became a teacher, presenter, editor, and sometimes even a director.
Filming online lessons with my sister as my “camera crew.”
Smiling when I was tired.
Recording when I was frustrated.
Repeating takes because a word came out wrong.
Honestly, I can’t even watch those videos today.
They carry too many memories.
Behind the scenes, parents were also struggling — trying to balance home, and suddenly becoming co-teachers whether they were ready or not.
Frustration was everywhere.
And slowly, teachers started resigning.
People moved into businesses. Others simply stepped away. The pressure was too much.
There were days I questioned everything  But I stayed.
And I think what kept me going was not just resilience… but the fact that I was already somewhat tech-savvy. I adapted faster than I expected.
When physical school finally resumed, even gradually, it felt like breathing again.
But I also knew something had changed forever.
Teaching was no longer just chalk and talk.
It had become digital, hybrid, demanding and constantly evolving.
And I told myself then:
If this profession is going to survive the future…
then teachers must be equipped, not just committed.
Because passion alone was not enough to carry us through that season.

Well done Miss C.....Your writeups has pushed me into liking teaching Job so much..The Patience you people possess eh,can only come from God cos the ways our kids annoy us at home but you people can still manage them and help them acquire knowledge na wah......Take your flowers everyday!

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WEIRD FACTS
---- ‎Sudan has more pyramids than any other country, including Egypt.
---- ‎The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve steel.
---- ‎The collective weight of all termites on Earth outweighs humans tenfold.
---- ‎Human noses and ears never stop growing.
----. ‎A sneeze can travel at over 100 mph

----In 1999, 67-year-old Hurshell Ralls went into hospital in Wichita Falls for surgery to remove his cancerous bladder. 

During the operation, surgeons John Dryden and Farid Khoury decided the cancer had spread and removed his pXnis too even though pathology later confirmed the tissue wasn’t cancerous.

Ralls said he was never properly told he might wake up without it. His lawyer said: “Mr Ralls was not informed that he was going to wake up and not have a pXnis.”

The shock and anger hit him and his wife hard. They sued for more than $5 million. After nearly four years, and during the trial in 2003, the doctors and hospital settled out of court. They never admitted wrongdoing.

By the time of the settlement, Ralls and his wife said they had not recovered from the anger and shock.

A heartbreaking case of medical overreach that left one man permanently changed and a powerful reminder of how much trust we place in surgeons’ hands.

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KNOW THESE AND KNOW PEACE

-Be sensible to realise that life won’t wait for you to be okay. 

-Do not ever allow poor treatment from someone just because you love them.

-The one who believes in himself, has no need to convince others. 

-Learn how to miss people, without wanting them back.

-If life wasn’t hard, you would never grow. 

-Most times accept that, some people can only be in your heart, but not in your life. 

-The only way to feel better about yourself, is to do things worth feeling good about. 

-Sacrificing your long term joy for a short term pleasure, is the easiest ingredient for failure and regret.

-Don’t be scared to set boundaries in your relationships. If they leave, it means you’re better off without them. 

-Life becomes easier, when you accept the apology you never got. 

-The first step towards getting somewhere, is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are. 

- A slow success builds your character but a fast success builds your ego. 

-if you don’t separate yourself from your distractions, your distractions will move you away from your success. 

-By doing what everyone else does, you’ll only get average results.

-Don’t lose yourself by tolerating too much negative energy from the people you want to keep. 

-Focus your attention on creating the life you want, instead of distracting yourself from your current life. 

-When your rules are sincere, it’s not you who loses them, rather they lose you.

-Know yourself, so that you stop missing out on things that are yours.

WORDq the highlighted one

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