DEFEATED NOT - Episode 1

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By TOSINMILE OLA-AMUDA

Waiting was worse than I expected. I had expected it to be sooner and was really excited that I would be out of here by now. I threw out hopes of ever getting a family of my own ages ago and I was utterly shocked and anxious when Miss Bola told me a week before that a family wanted to adopt a girl and having seen the necessary documents especially my medical history, they thought me the best choice. I asked Miss Bola so many questions that she had to send me to the room to keep from questioning her further.

The best choice? What a nice way to frame adoption. I heard other girls talk about how impossible it was to get adopted in Nigeria because of the cultural beliefs. I thought it cruel that they made us watch movies of how children in other parts of the world living in orphanages get their happy endings usually by getting adopted into a nice family. But then, it was as if I was in a movie of my own.

The Flair

Among many wonderful grand things, I've been told by some people that I have a flair for the dramatic. The "drama king", they'd call me. The good kind of dramatic, I mean - not the overdo illogical drama screamers.

They say I walk, talk and pose dramatic.
(Do the pictures above, and below look dramatic to you? No, right? I know!! )

The Good Fight

"Sometimes you have to be strong for yourself... Always fight, until you can’t anymore, and then be fought for."

Recently I was pushed by someone to get off my butt and go about to do good work again. It's why you've been seeing articles regularly on the blog again  (**Hides Face**)

I had been trying to live a simple life. Just me, myself and I. No worries, no troubles, no stress. It didn't last long. It's not the person I am, I guess. It seems I'm more like peppered fire than a calm scented breeze.

The Economy of Dreams

"Knowledge will enrich you, but only action will turn it into riches." 
- Darren Hardy

Many of us have side hobbies which we do to engage ourselves, not just for enjoyment - in and of itself, but also fulfillment. We dream of being actors, being music artistes, painters, writers, racecar drivers, astronauts or even the most popular - doctors and lawyers.

But how many of us choose to follow our dreams and become what we want to be?