Cocomma's Diaries
Anecdotes, truths, and reflections from the heart of an AkwaCross second daughter – about life, identity and everything in between.
- Fine Girl, Big Discernment: Survival Tactics Beyond Words
- Your Desperation Makes You Unattractive
- Ghosting or Avoidance, Same Meaning, Not Interested
- Woman, You Were Made Whole
- Peaceful Men Do Not Need To Announce It
- I Regret It All
- Never Say Never
- Reading What Isn’t There
- Nigerian False Preachers: The Bible Does Not Give You Immunity
- Biafra Is Not My Freedom
- Food Has a Passport: Africa Is Not a Kitchen
- My Traumatic Experience with an Insecure Wife
- Nigeria Does Not Love Women
- Preparation in the Pit
- You Don’t Love That Child, You Just Refused to Think First
- Born Nigerian
- The Problem With Your Question About “Tribe”
- The Devil Takes the Blame, Nigerians Take Nothing
- Devout on Sunday, Different on Monday
- Not Now, Not Never
- Beyond Denominations
- When Silence Falls
- Scarcity Does Not Equal Value for Practicing Christians
- The Loneliness of Being Understood
- Where My Thoughts Go to Breathe
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Category: Faith & Spirituality
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I’ve been seeing a lot of women online sharing videos of themselves breaking down because they supposedly could not find a partner despite being successful, attractive, educated, or otherwise accomplished. What piqued my interest was their argument that they are well established, fulfilled, and content in their lives, yet still somehow missing this one piece.…
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In Nigeria, the devil has become the ultimate scapegoat. From bad roads to broken marriages, responsibility is shifted away from people and pinned on Satan. But no devil can fix a society that refuses accountability.
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Ran into my ex-manager at a place of worship praying fervently. If I did not know any better, I would have believed what I was seeing. This is a person who, despite wearing a bead they would pray with throughout the day, a cross around their neck, and of course attending Sunday services unfailingly, yet…
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Returning to the Simplicity of Biblical Teachings I met up with an acquaintance the other day and we got to talking about worship. It ended with them insisting it was mandatory for people to gather physically at a “church” for worship because the Bible commanded so. An argument I strongly disagreed with. Growing up, I…
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What Saul’s Visit to the Witch of Endor Taught Me God is not confined to our categories. The real test of faith is not chasing answers in forbidden places, but waiting in humility and trust. I recently read a thought-provoking piece from Paul Walker about Saul’s visit to the Witch of Endor which has been…