I missed every single one of you.

From the solemn, the hilarious, the advisory, the candid, the energetically earthy blogs and every post betwixt and between; I sincerely missed every single one of you.

I have been silent, even though I have written so many posts in my mind. I have been absent from this feverish activity of blogging and from my beautiful clique of friends in blogland because I have been on a roller-coaster move visiting my home country – Nigeria.

It was an impromptu trip which was inundated with family duties and my journey sometimes took me into corners where WiFi service was a bit sketchy.

Home connotes various meanings to us. For some, it is that lovely brick house that they occupy, for others, it is where ever they find to lay their heads and yet for some, it is that place where their loved ones are.

Home sometimes, may be devoid of all the human material comforts, yet rich in every synonym of happiness that reaches deep into your heart and holds you captive.

Home has been so many places for me over the years and across Continents. Even though I inhabit a different space outside my homeland at this point in time, the drumbeats of my heart is NIGERIA!

As Westernized or as Arabian as I may become, NAIJA reaches into my depths and grabs me whole!

The land of my birth..

The land of a thousand tribes and more than 500 indigenous languages…

The land of the most optimistic and hardworking people that I have come to know…

The land known as the Giant of Africa…

The hectic and sometimes chaotic land of the beautiful and brave…

Endowed in natural resources, but unfortunately riddled with corruption…

This is the land that I call home.

It’s time to play catch-up with the hundreds of posts.

 

Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha