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"Are You Afraid to Have Another Child Because of This First One's Condition?" - J'odie Responds Honestly
Nigerian singer J'odie who is till today still best known for her 12 year old hit song "Kuchi Kuchi" is opening up again about how life has been for her as a 'special mother' - a term which has been coined to describe mothers of special needs children. In case you do not know, J'odie has a special needs son who is now six years old, and over the years, J'odie has been very open and vocal about the challenges that come with raising a special needs child especially here in Nigeria.
By Jide Okonjo2 years ago in Humans
No, You Don't Want to BE Me
Last night at Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, a young man looked me in the eyes, sighed and said...Oh how I wish I was you right now, as my wife pushed me by in my wheelchair. We both yelled "NO YOU DONT!" but it took every bit of willpower within me not to stop him and tell him the laundry list of reasons why he doesn't wish he was me.
By Josey Pickering2 years ago in Humans
Spooning
In my circle of friends, there are those who are, what we call “party animals.” Not only do they enjoy attending parties, they thrive on hosting them. Very often, there is no reason for a get-together. However, we’ll get an email stating, “We’re having a few people over, join us!” After the notation for the date and time, there will be the usual: “Reply only if you’re not coming – but we’re hoping you will attend. It’ll be fun.”
By Margaret Brennan2 years ago in Humans
Regarding death, who has the right to choose?
The Netherlands is a country where euthanasia is an option, and we are all familiar with it. When we suffer from physical pain, after diagnosis by a doctor, the disease is judged to be irreversible and the patient suffers from pain, with the consent of the doctor, euthanasia can be chosen to prevent the patient from suffering so much.
By Boga Glashen2 years ago in Humans
The Teenagers' Thoughts : If it were a little different!
I love writing journals! But they all were for myself. But this one is for everyone out there finding it difficult to cope up with life. Especially for teenagers like me, who think that all the problems of the world is in their lives! At this point of time, everything has became far more difficult because of competition! But for teenagers it is even more difficult. We don't know much about the world, but suddenly we are thrown in the trap of competition! Entrances, stress about career, rat race of becoming independent (both financialky and mentally), friends, love, cheats and so much things, that we don't know what to do! And eventually, we fall in the depth of depression! We are told that we have to fight, But no one makes us aware of the fact that we have to take rest also. We have to rejuvenate our energy to come back stronger! We are told that we have to make friends, But no one makes us aware that we will get cheated and broken in this process! No one asks us to keep our guards up to tolerate that pain! We are told that Love is the strongest emotion! But no one tells us that not everyone deserves that emotion. That we will get our heart broken so many times in the process of finding our true love! We are asked to be mature. But no one tells us that in the process of becoming mature, we will broke so many times that we will loose the wish to live. That we will stop trusting everyone including ourselves. No one makes us aware of the monsters waiting out there. If it were done, then we would have came stronger, ready to fight the demons. We are asked to win! Winning at every point of life. But we are not told that every winner was once a loser. That we should accept the failures in the same way we accept success. That we should not start questioning our abilities at every small failure, but should learn from those. No one tells us that winners are those who make themselves better by learning from their failures and improving their mistakes.
By The Psycho2 years ago in Humans