With These Fingers…Streams of consciousness Saturday.

February 6, 2016 jacquelineobyikocha48 Comments

It’s quite interesting that Linda’s prompt for SOCS which I just saw is ‘fingers.

Why I find it interesting is that I woke up this morning and as I was going through my Bible, for some reason my eyes fell on my hennaed hands and my first thought was how my hands and fingers resembled my dads own and for the fun of it, I took a picture.

I remember that as a child, I wanted my fingers to look like my mom’s own. Her fingers were dainty and nicely shaped, while mine took after my fathers own.

As the years went by, I grew to love mine as much as I love the man who passed on the genes.

His hands were hardworking and I believe that I inherited this trait. His hands were upright and as honest as could be and he had green fingers. Living things thrived in his care and plants bloomed generously in our garden.

I still remember, maybe I was four or less, his hands holding mine and guiding my fingers to scribble on my blackboard.

I remember vividly like yesterday as he walked me down the aisle and he took my hand with my beautifully painted fingers and placed them in my husband’s hands and in a gruff voice, he instructed my dear Himself to make sure that he looked after me.

Who knows, maybe I might equally have green fingers. I have moved around so much from one country to the other, that the last time I grew anything was several years back in my house in Nigeria. I look forward to the coming years to discover my green fingers.

Hold my hands in faith

And clutch my fingers tight

I will walk you through this journey

For you are not alone.

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Ten Commandments For Writers

February 6, 2016 jacquelineobyikocha14 Comments

These Writers commandments are just ‘IT.’ Once you can keep to these rules, ‘Thou shall not be banished to the land of 404.’ 😉

Some writers are very disciplined. Me? Not so much. As life happens, my writing pays the price. It tends to be the first thing that gets moved to the “I’ll do it tomorrow” list and I end up feeling frustrated with my lack of progress. I admire writers who stick to schedules, who recognize the importance in what they do. In an effort to make some changes in my writing life, I came up with a set of commandments that I hope will help me stay on the path.

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Moments in time…

February 6, 2016 jacquelineobyikocha21 Comments

The Daily Post Photo Challenge Time

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It’s A Love Thing…To Some Of The Men In My Blogging World #3

February 5, 2016 jacquelineobyikocha35 Comments

For the next days till my Valentine Shindig, I will be featuring several blogs a day on one post, as a way of showing some love to fellow awesome and supportive blogger friends of mine.

You can share the fun and the love by sharing the party invitation as much as you can. Bring your Bae, your sweetheart, your neighbourlybloggers, your old lady, your old man, even your dogs and cats are invited.

It’s a way to connect with other bloggers and hey, who knows, you might hit it off with someone 😉

Please share and share alike. Thank you very much.

For today’s features, I am showing some love to the bloggers listed below:

‘Let us not love in word or talk, but in deed and truth.’ 1 John 3:18

Bunkaryudo I started interacting with him sometime late last year and I am totally happy with our connection. His articles are always thoughtful and yet packed with chunks of humour that has me chortling out loud. You are a lovely man Bun.

Jason of Harsh Reality, is one guy that amazes me. I don’t know how he manages it with the amount of readers that he has, but whatever it is he is doing, he does it well. I love his rapier sense of wit and comeback, his naked posts that hides nothing and above all, his support. Always responds to me and never fails to put in a supportive word. Thank you Jason.

The lonely author blog, I love this Chimp. Sometimes, I spend time trying to figure what he looks like because of the weight of his words that I read. Thank you my dear Chimp.

Danny Ray is such a community builder. I admire his dexterity, his focus and drive so much. I always look forward to his posts and I am never left wanting. Thank you Danny for your support.

Carlos my dear friend, I totally love your candid words, your constant reaching out of hands and your supportive words. Your gentle nature of appreciating those around will stand in good stead for you. I wish you a whole lot of Grace. Thank you.

FT‘s sublime posts always puts a smile or plants an inspiring thought in my mind. May your inkwell never run dry.

TJ Paris The Haiku Master. I love his Continental flavour in his posts.

Bob Ramsak’s posts and pictures that wear the face of humanity never fails to draw me in .

Tony Burgess always makes me feel like we are having a good conversation among friends.

Sir Romanus of Success Inspirer has been one of the most supportive male blogger that I have had the opportunity to meet. Our interactions bloomed so well that he granted me an interview on his auspicious blog. Thank you Sir.

‘Walking this path, I have been so blessed to have you all by my side. Thank you very much.’

Gentlemen, my regards,

Family · Life · Love · Parenting · Photographs · Poetry/Poems

Since You’ve Been Gone…

February 5, 2016 jacquelineobyikocha42 Comments

I see you around the corner, the likeness of your eyes in the eyes of a total stranger down the shopping aisle.
It startles me.

I see you in everything that I look around me.
In the random formation of the clouds.
I sometimes see your wise eyes peeking through and winking at me.
It gives me joy.

I hear you in my thoughts. Your words of wisdom, of love, of encouragement
Are etched upon my soul.
They keep me warm.

I hear you in the music. The music that you loved so much, that I grew up knowing that love.
They sounds of music comfort me.

I see you in my little boy’s face. Sometimes, I stare at him so hard, as I seek tell tales of you written in his genetics.
It leaves me amazed.

I see you in the hands of a gardener pruning plants, in the gentle waves of a blooming plant, you loved all things green and they did so well in your hands.
It makes me smile.

I feel you in the drumbeats of my heart, because you are me and I am you. Everyday, my thoughts dwell on you, for in every little thing I see you.

I visualize you looking on from high up and I wish my hands could stretch up so high to give you a hug.
I get some comfort from the warmth of the Sun, telling my mind that you are with me.

In the smile, in the laugh, the stare, the walk, the phrase in a young child’s face.

I catch myself holding one-sided conversations with you and your imagined responses prompt me to sigh, to laugh and to cry.

I see you.
In everything that I am.

To you my dear dad. Always.

Yesterday was World Cancer Day, I lost my dear dad to Cancer two years ago. Sometimes, the pain is just so raw that it clogs my chest and my throat. He was a very lovely human and a fabulous dad. If there is one ailment that I could wish away from the World, it would be Cancer.

To those battling The Big C, may abundant Grace and Strength remain your portion. We will beat it. Blessings.

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The Basket Of Flowers…Friday Fiction In Five Sentences.

February 5, 2016 jacquelineobyikocha40 Comments

His palms got sweaty and his heart rate increased as he approached the door.

He has no idea what kind of reception he would receive, but he was willing to try.

He has loved her from their kindergarten days, from her little flouncy skirt and swinging ponytails to her grown svelte alluring confident self and sleek bob.

As the boy next door, he had watched the dates come and go from the sidelines, wishing he was the one; now it’s time to take a chance and knock.

Suze opens the door, a huge smile weaving on her face as his words stammered and stuttered along, she buried her nose in the beautiful bouquet of flowers, heaved a sigh of content and relief, ‘I thought that I would have to wait forever,’ she said.

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Play I Some Music…

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If I can’t speak now, then when?…

February 4, 2016 jacquelineobyikocha48 Comments

There comes a time in one’s life when the desire to step up to living your dreams over-rides every other perceived fear and if you don’t start doing so, you will simply watch others live theirs.

By letting fear dictate the pace, each day that passes keeps counting, until all the shoulda, woulda, coulda’s pops out of the woodwork sometime in the future to taunt you and the worst regret ever, is the regret of not trying at all, than trying and failing.

Part of my aspirations is to be a lifestyle coach and this will probably involve standing in front of a crowd to speak.

Except I want to dump my dreams and stay by the sidelines to watch, I will simply have to step up to the podium.

The people that I will be talking to are fellow humans like me and okay maybe a handful of grumpy aliens tossed into the mix, but hey, if I can’t speak now to fellow humans then when and to who? I might get nervous the first time or so, but after the baptism of fire, I will rock it as much as I possibly can.

Where are the black socks and the microphone?

Let’s get this ball rolling.

The Daily Post Black Socks.

Are you comfortable in front of people, or does the idea of public speaking make you want to hide in the bathroom? Why?