Living a life purpose

Happy birthday to my dear son Oluwadara Etti​. You may be growing up but you'll always be my baby. The joy I experienced when I brought you home for the first time after a long stint in the hospital is still present everyday. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful and loving son. You have always been a light in my life, bringing me such joy and happiness. I thank God for giving you to me. I promise to always be a good mother to you, encouraging and caring for you and to always be there for you. My prayer for you is that the Lord will lead you forward to grow into the man He has intended you to be, full of grace and truth, strong in faith and hope, and rich in love. I pray that nothing will ever crush your spirit, I pray that when obstacles appear you will have enough determination to not let them stop you. I pray that when you have tough days you will always know that God loves you and so do I. I thank God for your life so far and I will continue to entrust you into the h...

I look back on my life and wonder why things just seems to be one battle after another. I lost my mum and then my dad. The loss of my dad was so unexpected that it broke me. Three weeks later I gave birth to my son, which was traumatic. I had an emergency caesarean because he was not breathing and the prognosis from the doctors was bleak because the loss of oxygen to his brain. I sank into depression and self-pity. I couldn’t understand why as God who claims to love me will allow these things to happen to me. I was not yet over the shock of my father’s death, now I was facing the loss of my new born son. I was so disappointed and I lost faith in God. Even in my loneliness and depression I knew he was with me. In the end, I realised there was nobody else to turn to but to turn to God. It was a hard battle but I had to rely and trust in God. To God be the glory, my son survived against all odds and he is soon going to be 18 years. It has not been easy but God has been with us ...