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Men's Mental Health Awareness Month Heavyweight Champion: The glorified burden of manhood.  Whenever the topic of manhood comes up, you can trust that there are thousands of opinions and thoughts about the concept. Majority of which are under the umbrella of responsibility and burden-carrying.  I mean it has been so from the time immemorial. Adam was cursed to toil the land and reap in sweat, which indirectly signified struggle and responsibility.  But let's bring this to the present, shall we? Adam is gone, Jesus has come. But somehow many still identify more with the curse of Adam's struggles than the freedom and rest that Jesus brings. And hardwired into their brains is the impulse to struggle and suffer, especially alone.  Who is a Man?  A MAN  is an adult male child. Period.  But a man is also a son, a brother,  À husband, a father An employee, a colleague, an employer A labourer, a service provider,  A friend, a homie, a neighbor. ...

  Oh how the journey has morphed from pressure to marry, to each party discovering themselves, healing and deep down realizing the truth about themselves. One cannot love another if they do not accept and love themselves. Thank you for joining Lulu and Clinton on this journey, honesty I did not know how this story would go when I started writing it, I simply went with the creative flow and how the spirit led, and I am pleased with how it went. Enough said.. Let's get to the FINALE. > > >  After Clinton left Lulu's house that night, the drive home felt different. It felt lighter and clearer. Like he had just stepped out of a foggy room and finally found the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. Only this time the tunnel was his life and the light was the new found identity he embodied, all thanks to Lulu. He started to wonder how his life really would have been had he not gone for that birthday party. I mean honestly, a 3 y/o birthday party wasn't exactly his i...

  >>> It had been two whole days and Clinton had not heard back from Lulu. Two days! He was going crazy. Every thing was happening so fast and so --- his phone rang and he rushed to check it.  It could be Lulu.  It wasn't.  " Hello mum" , he answered grudgingly,  " Chiemelie what is wrong with you?" He did not realize how enraged he was until he heard that question. He hung up and kept pacing in his living room.  What was wrong with him?  What was wrong with his father?  What was the obsession with wanting to control his life?  He tried to call Lulu again. Still no answer.  She had simply walked away from him that day, ignoring him and everything he tried to say to her. He had followed her to her car outside and watched her drive off after a final look at him from her windscreen.  He had driven out afterwards, not bothering to return inside to his father and/or that stranger next to him.  How dare they!!?? How dare the...

  Oluchi was practically riding on clouds and it was just a week after the official girlfriend proposal.  Yes, I know you want to know how he did it, so that you can steal his idea when you find the girl of your dreams.  I got you!  Now Clinton isn't a typical local man who'll just ask her in the car and move on with his life, no. I believe this writer has established that Clinton is an intentional and intelligent man who really likes Lulu. And when you really like someone, you go the extra mile just to see that sparkle in their eyes and know that you are responsible for it.  He picked her up at her office the next Friday after she closed, asked her to leave her car there at the office. PS: He arranged for it to be driven to her house later that night. Relax. Lol.  They arrived at what seemed to be a restaurant, but when they stepped in, it was redesigned into a comfortable cinema-like booth. With huge projectors, comfortable lighting, loveseats and a huge ...

 UNMARRIED... SO? Part 7 .  .  " Why didn't you tell me you were terrified of water? " I said as I plopped Clinton onto the wall in the shed.  He had started shaking visibly when we got to the middle of the water.  "I'm not terrified of water, I'm terrified of a relatively large body of water."  He said and started laughing. I couldn't help but join in, so I sat on the floor with him.  Right next to him. I could feel the warmth emanating from his body, so I moved a little.  He side-eyed me and I looked away.  "You are cute when you blush" "I don't blush, I'm a grown woman" He turned to look at me fully.  "You are still a girl, Lulu. Don't hide her." I looked deeply into his eyes.  "Did you know you were terrified of water -- large bodies of water-- before today?" "Uhhhhhhhh----"  He scratched his head.  I gasped.  "You knew!! Oh my goodness.. Why did you agree to kayaking?" ...

  CLINTON'S POV*** .  I must have heard wrong, because it seemed I heard the word 'marry' but i was probably glitching.  I opened my mouth to speak and only one word came out again... " WHAT ?" " Carol is the daughter of The Basseys here and we have known her since she was a teenager. She would be a perfect fit for you ." I was staring at my dad as he reeled off words from his mouth, hoping that what I heard him say and what my eyes read would be different.  I got up amd walked away from the living room without as much as another word.  My mom walked behind me, calling my name but I didn't stop until I got to the kitchen. " I'm talking to you Chiemelie!" My mom spoke up behind me as I stopped and leaned on the kitchen island.  "What was that about mom?", I kept my voice steady to keep from yelling. "Why would you walk out on your father and the visitors like that?" "Why did I walk out? You seemed to have it all ...