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    Pride Must Die! & Other Random Poetic Musings of the Desperate Naija Woman
    Pride Must Die! & Other Random Poetic Musings of the Desperate Naija Woman
    Pride Must Die! & Other Random Poetic Musings of the Desperate Naija Woman
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    Pride Must Die! & Other Random Poetic Musings of the Desperate Naija Woman

    By Bola Essien-Nelson

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    Pride Must Die & Other Random Musings of the Desperate Naija Woman is a collection of poetic blogs that touch on a varying range of life issues sure to carry you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions. You will go from Enough! which captures the frustration of a Christian who has had enough of the enemys controlling lies to the joyful, love-infused Sometimes Words Just Wont Do, a birthday poem to her sister and then be confronted by Gods searchlight in Pride Must Die!. Bola hopes you will read these poems, ponder on the thoughts they evoke in you and then pray about them. Yes, she hopes these poems will open the door to a conversation between you and a God who loves you.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris UK
    Release dateDec 17, 2010
    ISBN9781456832933
    Pride Must Die! & Other Random Poetic Musings of the Desperate Naija Woman
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    Bola Essien-Nelson

    Bola is a working woman, wife, and mom doing her best to keep all the balls of her life up in the air in the challenging yet vibrant city of Lagos, Nigeria, where she lives. Her love for writing and her passion for seeing people thrive in an oftentimes challenging world are the main drivers behind her ‘blog ministry’. The Diary of a Desperate Naija Woman in the Year 2011 is Bola’s fourth published book and her third in the Diary series. In it, you are given a VIP seat at the theatre that is her life – the life of a simple woman doing her best, in this crazy and slippery slope of a world, to be an authentic Christian.

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      Pride Must Die! & Other Random Poetic Musings of the Desperate Naija Woman - Bola Essien-Nelson

      Copyright © 2011 by Bola Essien-Nelson.

      Library of Congress Control Number:   2010918550

      ISBN: Hardcover    978-1-4568-3292-6

      ISBN: Softcover      978-1-4568-3291-9

      ISBN: Ebook            978-1-4568-3293-3

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      This book was printed in the United States of America.

      To order additional copies of this book, contact:

      Xlibris Corporation

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      Contents

      Thank You

      To The Nigerian Woman

      Just A Minute Please! Before You Start Reading.

      Hello Africa, Tell me how are you doing?

      A Desperate Woman

      So I Think I Am Clever?

      The Life of a Working Woman

      It’s A New Month. I Declare!

      Hard Times? Why Not?

      IN all, Not For all.

      Pride Must Die

      It’s A Process (by O.G)

      Give Me Grace Lord, Give Me Grace

      God does Love us BUT…

      You CAN Just Keep On Going

      I Am Home

      YOU are DEAD to me!

      Daddy!

      God is a Vigilante

      The Psalm 112 Christian

      The SALT Rule

      Lessons Learned

      Live. Love. Laugh

      Sometimes Words Just Won’t Do.

      Dead Light

      Enough!

      If It Was My Place

      Because I Am a Christian

      Do Me a Favour, Celebrate Christmas!

      Would You Rather?

      Be Strong in the Lord

      Waiting For Something to Happen

      Proudly Desperate. Proudly Naija. Regardless

      Tomorrow

      Err . . . . Just A Minute Please! Before You Drop The Book!

      Thank You

      Father in Heaven, I thank you.

      For life, for family, for friends

      For mountain highs and valley lows.

      But mostly, I thank you for ‘fixing’ it so I would grow up to know you.

      And know that you are REAL

      Family and Friends, I thank you.

      For being a part of my life, for it’s out of the abundance of that life that I write.

      Henry, AK, Ima & Aniekan, I thank you

      For being my ‘reasons’ for being

      For making me smile on the inside and making my world alright

      Sola Gaska, my Aburo, I thank you

      For giving me the gift of sisterly love

      And for teaching my thirteen year old heart the meaning of unconditional love

      I will name only one non-family name this time.

      Ayoka.

      I would thank you from the bottom of my heart

      But for you, for what you have done for me, there is no bottom to my heart

      My gratitude is endless

      To The Nigerian Woman

      I dedicate this book to the ‘Nigerian Woman’

      From two to a hundred and two

      People often say that our country is a one-of-a-kind awesomely blessed

      ‘Jewel of Africa’

      But I say that you, my dear Naija Woman, are

      The True Jewel.

      Keep holding strong. Keep believing. Keep nurturing

      Regardless

      Just A Minute Please! Before You Start Reading.

      I must share something with you.

      I hated poetry when I was in school. Yes, with

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