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What am I thankful for this week? I usually post 5 things for which I am thankful for every week but this week is unique because the one thing I am thankful for made the list five times:) Curious? Here goes!! I am thankful for friends , friends , friends , friends , friends And my friends know themselves:) Have a great week everyone!

I am going down memory lane tonight and remembering a few of the songs we sang as children in primary school. The songs I loved the most were the ditties that made no sense, we sang the same songs over and over again and in the way of children, we were lifted to heights of glory and danced among the stars, only coming down to earth when the songs were over and the drums were silenced. Songs were sang during assemblies in the mornings and during sporting activities. I loved singing the hymns from 'Songs of Praise' and my favorite hymns were 'Brightest and Best of the sons of the morning' and Hymn 555 'Lead us heavenly Father Lead us'. I loved the version of Hymn 444 'All things Bright and beautiful' that we sang without the drums but  it seemed many more people loved the danceable version. Other favorite hymns of mine were 'Morning has broken like the first morning', 'Songs of Praise the angels sang' and almost all the Christmas hymns! ...

I remember seeing the cemetery during the winter when the leaves on the trees made sure it was a sight that you could not miss. And in my 'african' mind I shuddered, wondering how anyone could live beside such a place. But in the way the world goes, I now live in the apartment that overlooks the cemetery, only now the lovely leaves of spring have it all covered up! I decided to take a walk through the graveyard a few weeks ago and when I mentioned it to my friend who had lived there before me, she said she thought I was 'african' but apparently she was wrong. I guess curiosity took the better of me and I was pleasantly surprised. It is a lovely place and has the feel of being in the woods. There are so many lovely trees, running brooks, birds that sing such delightful songs that if I kept my eyes off the ground, I would think I was in heaven:) It is a lovely place (have I said that before). I went walking among the sleeping place of those long gone and I felt at pea...

Welcome everyone to Tomi's thankful list numbers 331-335. It is always a pleasure to broadcast to the world every week what I am grateful for. There are so many things happening that if I do not write them down, I would forget to give thanks and I do not want to be one of the 9 lepers who did not return to give thanks. Sit back and read on, on what makes me truly grateful this fine Monday Morning in May! I am thankful that the world did not come to an end on Saturday:) This is the third world end or so proclamation since I was born, I guess I should ready myself for a couple more before I leave planet earth! Attended a wedding on that day, I am pretty sure both the bride and groom would have been unhappy to have their day cut short by the 'end of the world'!#tongueincheek I am thankful for podcasts that put a smile on my face. I listened to this ONE yesterday and you should have seen me smiling throughout the message. I am thankful for the gift of life and good heal...

Some days are just that days, Other days are days that you can never forget, They say that there are 3 days in a man's life (and by extension a woman's) that are important. I believe that everyday is important but labels will always stick. It's obvious that I really do not have anything to say! I have been having a serious case of blogger block. I really struggle with what I want to write and that is somehow a reflection of my life at present. When I have a lot to say, a lot is going on in my life, when I struggle, my life seems to be taking its time chugging along like a train owned by the Nigerian Railway Corporation. I have been spending a lot of times indoors, only going out in the evenings for a walk, to clear the cobwebs that accumulate when you spend most of your time sitting in front of a computer. I have a lot of time to think and most days I come to the conclusion that life does not have to be hard if you do not want it to. The only thing barring a...

What do you do with what you remember? Make friends?, Make enemies?, Do nothing? Elie Wiesel asks 'what did those who survived do with their survival?' They did not forget what had happened but built on that, taught others to hope and built lasting memorials on the ruins of the past. It's an awesome but simple message- Remember and Build on those memories you would rather forget, Create something pure, lasting and good!

A dear friend of mine told me yesterday that she was getting married and my first question was how did he propose to you:) Call me a hopeless romantic but this proposal scores an A+ on my rating scale. Enjoy it! I certainly did.