Agbenu: “Dad, I don’t know why, but I’m just happy! It’s called the joy of the Lord!” Me: “Yes, my dear! And with the joy of the Lord, you don’t have to know why. Just be happy. Have you heard that song?” Agbenu: “Yes, on KSBJ!!!!” Bless you, my daughter! Infect me with your joy! – 9/26/17
With an attention-seeking cry, Ofu reports Oche to me: “Dad, Oche is not being a big brother to me.” Me: “Why?” Ofu: “Because he’s being mean to me.” Me: “Ok, tell him to come and see me.” Ofu: “Ok.” (Runs off and didn’t return) (Oche arrives) Me: “What’s going on?” (In a calm tone) Oche: “We were playing games, then he got stuck. He asked me to help him and I was helping but he kept yelling ‘I want this…
Ofu: “Dad! What are you and mom doing eating, talking, and looking at each other?” (Yelling from out of direct sight. He didn’t come close, and we were unaware that he was observing us) Me: “Because that’s what we do when we eat.” I’m hoping that even in unguarded moments we will continue to inspire our children. Even when they can’t express it as such, let them do so by being inquisitive. I pray he saves what he’s seen in…
First Santa Baby comes on air and Ofu goes: “Mom, is Santa a baby or Santa Claus?” Mom: “Santa Claus. Why do you ask?” Ofu: “Because they are saying Santa Baby in the song.” Mom: “It’s just a fancy way of saying Santa is nice and sweet.” Ofu: “Oh!” Then stanza “Santa Honey…” begins Ofu: “Noooo, not Santa Honey!!!!” Before his protest ended, stanza “Santa Cutie…” shoots in… Ofu: “Nooo, not Santa Cutie!!! Santa is not cute, he is Santa…
Two days of back-to-back raining! Yesterday my family planned to go swimming. Just as they got ready to leave, their plan got foiled as it started raining. We planned to go swimming today. Again, just before we made to leave, torrential rains poured and lasted. Feeling very frustrated, Ofu broke into a profuse wailing and said: “this grass is crazy!” Me: “Why did you say so?” (holding back my amusement 
) Ofu: “Because it forces the rain to come.” I…