Funmi Akerele

Hello Sis, This is coming from the deepest of my heart, I felt a strong need to share this with you. A lot I have written about fearless females; a lot I have written on inspiration to spur you to your feet. I believe you  have the right to know as I have shared the need for girls and women to believe, to seek knowledge that brings endless possibilities especially for those who have felt the need in one way or the other to do away with their tiara. “It doesn't matter where a girl comes from as long as she knows where she is going”. ...I heard the whispers of a young girl in the hallway and she was silently stringing her skirt in her hands with eyes downcast and courage you could purchase for a nothing dollar. ...I saw the hunger in the young lady eyes, as she eyes the man behind the wheels; she saw opulence but his brake failure is due in two hours. ...I saw the haunted look on the face of the woman who viewed her wares as nothing but “pieces of shit”, not knowing that the next ...

Pink Ambition: “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have ... : “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child”  - Shakespeare I never thought it would happened I lost my nerves. ...

“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child”  - Shakespeare I never thought it would happened I lost my nerves. It was just one of those days, when you feel the sky is below and the earth is above Grimly despondent Staring emptily in a dead hawk gaze I  couldn't believe everything has not conspired against  me Have I really been blessed? I love music boxes; but when the song from a box from an ear range  streamed the song “count your blessings”, I gained the nerve to crush it. “what blessings”  I have lost some people this year I had failed expectations I lost contacts and contracts I expected business to have moved a notch higher I lost a fetus I depended on  some, was left down by many I took a step of faith, but fate dealt with me silently, I  wore clothes many wished were not for my skin I toiled, Some months and  days have grumbled over the next ones Some have been happily wished away Some have ...