... Of gratitude, Birthdays and coming out

...From under the rock -_-

Disclaimer: This post is filled with pictures :) and the word "Amazing" will be overused 

I've been MIA on purpose. I NEEDED a break. The original plan was to to just go somewhere for a week (As my budget allowed) and just get away from everything without internet and just have fun, evaluate my life and come back to reality but... Nothing went as planned except the scheduled time I took off work.

I resumed today.
This is also going to be a random post, very random.

My Twin brother is around and was waiting for my vacation to come to Lagos and he did! Oh, I have a twin brother :) The Luke of my Lukina :)

Power twins :) 

My Birthday was on Saturday, 26th, I turned 24. (Mans are getting old x_x)

This was the morning of my Birthday, I bought the dress a while ago and locked it in a nylon (because I couldn't afford a stain on it) but during the wait, between when I bought it and my birthday I took out the dress and wore it, it fit me sooo well... Couldn't resist. In those times I must have stained it and on that morning I brought the dress out from its 'secured' place and there were stains on it, imagine the horror... contemplated not wearing it again... another horror, then another option was wash the stained part and wait for it to dry because I wasn't scheduled to go out till like 2 pm... I went with the wash option. Hung it in the centre of the room where the ceiling fan is supposed to be, don't ask how my hands reached there -_- Luke was just laughing his head off while I was at it. 

You guessed right, The dress didn't dry dry but nothing body heat couldn't fix ;) Don't lie you've done it before. 

My half dried dress 

By the time we finished taking pictures my lovely brother knew he would comment and say 

"You can't go out like this or go to a mans house like this, there will be no room for the holy spirit"    -________- 

I decided to change quickly and head out, I got to my friends place and apparently he had planned to take pictures of me, I had no clue. I would've brought a make-up purse or mentally prepared to be standing in front of the camera but He is an amazing photographer and good looking, it was very easy to smile back at him, I had no need to worry ;) Here are some of the images we got;

In my mind "Hope I don't look ridiculous in this pose" 

My Fav! 

Girls gotta make a funny face

I look like a minion

I promise you, I wasn't bored

Executive somebori!

Shying Thinz 

"Give me any pose"and this is the best I could come up with x_x 

Ps: I am still receiving birthday gifts ;)

For more reasons than one, This was my Best Birthday! And when Tomiwa asked me to say 24 things I am grateful for and I started cracking my head at about number 10, I realised I had categorised all the little blessings into ''Family" "Life" "Love" Then I realised that I needed to count them one after another, Its the little things that summed this up to be my best birthday :) and since its #ThankFulThursday! let me go ahead with it, 24 things I am grateful for in the last year although this is not exactly what i told him but at the end of the day, it sums up to this;

1. Family (Dad, mum, Sisters)
2. Luke
3. Following through with decisions made
4. The ones that left
5. Sope
6. Kovie
7. The Bible
8. Understanding of the word
9. Church community
10. Plans that didn't work out
11. Growth
12. Friends (Lamide, Tomiwa, Ayomiku, Sammy, Ibukun, Tinu, Adeoti, Esther)
13. Toyosi
14. Peace
15. Leading of the Holy Spirit
16. Personal Space
17. Gospel of Jesus
18. Privilege to be used by God
19. Deji
20. Love in my heart
21. Provision
22. Coffee -_-
23. Being able to write what people can relate with
24. YOU!!!!!

I am thinking of changing up a few things on this space so I can be more consistent. Yes, take this as my welcome back note :)

Speaking of Birthdays, Its Kovie's today! A truly Amazing woman, Gotta Love her :) God bless you darl :*

Now, life has pretty much gone back to what it used to be like except for a few changes which I am excited about and my heart is full, very grateful for the HUGE blessings disguised as ''little things"

Can you see the resemblance? 

From Luke and Lukina: Cheers to July and Lets have an A-amazing August!

God Bless you!

What are you grateful for? Share with us

Have you come to an end of yourself? Have you come to a point where nothing else seems to be working out and you've tried all you could? Click to meet GRACE

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Birthday Post: Without You

I don't know where i would be without you.

Lover of my soul.

Without you, Lost.

Without you, Worthless.

Without you, Clueless.

Without you, empty.

Without you, dead.

Without you, foolish.

Without you, penniless.

Without you, depressed.

Without you, sad.

Without you, no pen.

Without you, darkness.

what will i do without you?

king of kings.

My Best friend.

I really can't do without you.

I can't live without you.

Awesome Lord,

Wonderful Father.

Creator.

Whats my life without you?

Thank you for sticking with me, even through my unfaithfulness.

I want to always be with you.

I Love you.

Thank you for another year. 

Teach me how you want me to spend it.

This my song dedicated to my Lover!!

I am coming back to give my testimony as i won't be in my church for sunday!!
Started getting gifts from the beginning of the week. I'm still receiving gifts oh. 

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Twenty Three before Twenty Four

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Hello Beautiful People,

Happy New Month!!! The first week was easily the most difficult week of the year, why? I really can't tell but i am at the foot of the hill looking up to get answers - One thing is for sure though. Gods got me BIG time, i can feel it!

Enough about me, i found on Kovie's blog the 26 things she wants to do before she turns 27, i want to join the band wagon. Although i have goals for the year and i have NOT achieved half of it, but ofcourse this isn't a pity party. Here is a list of 23 things of the things i want to do before i turn 24. For some reason in my head i am turning 25 this year, is that a good thing? I think not.

*Says silent prayer* I bind every spirit that wants to age quickly by fire in Jesus name. *Screams LOUD AMEN*

now unto the 25  23 things.

1. Have a book with my Name on the cover as the writer
   
2. Get an Apartment
   
3. ****
4. Design my Website
5. My DSLR
   
6. Own a Business
7. Road trip to a waterfall
   
8. Jerusalem
   
9. Go karting x_x
   
10. Go for a book signing
11. Own and Read ALL Ted Dekker's books
12. Road Trip to different states to take pictures
13. Make-up haul
14. Make a book shelf for my journals/books

    

    Like This :D

15. ***
16. Stop storing too many Biros
17. Write by the river side
18. Go to a beach - finally
19. Candle lit dinner
    
20. Synopsis for the other Books
21. ***
22. Meet TYBello, Ted Dekker(Ambitions yh? Watch God make it happen) & Tyler Perry
    
23. Anything God wants me to do
    

*** These are really really important things i want to do that i don't want to talk about or put out there YET. All in due time.

Its my birthday on the 26th, Whooop! Let the 365 days commence. This should be fun.   

P.s: I'm working on a couple peoples stories under the #TruthSeries that are quite emotional and its kinda taking more time than i thought. Still, watch out, and if you don't know what truth series is all about click here and if you want to participate this is all you have to do:

This is open to whoever wants to participate just like "Series of Scars" (Btw, Thanks to all that sent in their stories then) Lets do it again shall we?

How do i want this to work?

• Send in a story either telling us a truth about you or the truth about a difficult decision you've had to make or a difficult situation you found yourself that can encourage someone out there. 
• Share this post to give more people the opportunity to tell their stories (We are all here to learn right? I know i want to)
• Share and Share again ;)
• Send to tomi.akibo@gmail.com and if you feel the truth is delicate and confidential, let me know so i would post anonymously. 
• Let encourage one another, one thing i've learnt is that whatever we go through we are not alone. Lets prove it. your story is what one person might need to hear.

Thanks in Advance.

God bless you.

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