My Personal Childhood Web

This section of my blog would reflect my childhood connections back in Nigeria. It would include descriptions of some of the people that had an impact in my life growing up as a child. My relationship with them, how they influenced my life as a child, nurtured and cared for me, how they made me feel special and their influence continues to reflect in my present life.

As a Child, I grew up surrounded majorly by my immediate family, school, mosque and some few friends both within my neighborhood and outside it. I lost my grandparents at an early stage of my life ,some gone  before I was born, even those around after my birth I could hardly remember my relationship with them, I was too little then, although my parents do tell stories of how they loved and pampered us.

Growing up as a child, so many people had impact in my life, some I still stay in contact with, some I no longer see or hear from, but their influences in my life still lingers. Five out of those important people are

My Mother

She is my best friend in the world. She raised me to be who I am today. She taught me good morals. she taught me to be happy as a person and do not let anyone determine my happiness. She helped me through my studies in whichever ways she could. She helped solve my reading difficulties as a child. She paid attention to my needs .I get more emotional support from her than anyone else.  When I am down few words from her lift my spirit up in ways I cannot explain. she has a good listening hear, so it made it easy to tell her anything ,I still find it easy to share my feelings with her till now. Her influence in my life defines my personality.  She taught to be patient, respectful and appreciate people. I am happy for the person she made me to be. She loves cooking and I enjoy staying with her in the kitchen because I get to have extra piece of chicken for keeping her company. She taught me to be kind to people. She constantly calls me , she prays and wishes me the best in my studies. She was the first person to tell me that teaching was what I love doing, and she had always supported me all the way. She is truly someone I look up to as a role model.

My Father

My father has always been a positive driving force in my Education. He has always paid attention to that aspect of my life in anyway possible. He always provides everything to make our Education easy, and promised he would go to any length with me. He loves kids a lot. He would call every one of us together and tell us stories, sometimes sings and dance with us. Rewards were usually given to the best participant. He made my childhood more fun and exciting. My father taught me to be hardworking and self independence. He made me realize there are challenges in life but it is how you face those challenges and come out strong that determine who you are. He always frowned against lies. He believes in been decisive about things. One should always be ready to take bold steps when the time comes and it is required. I guess I still hold on to that till now. I would not be a Walden student today if not for him. I will always be grateful for the opportunity he has given me .

My Elder Sister (Adijat)

She played the role of both a supportive friend and sister. She guided me through a lot of life experiences. She is always there to caution me when I attempt taking a wrong step and reminds me that it is not who I am and that my doing it would only make me unhappy. She always motivated me to do whatever I want to do. She is someone respect a lot because of her courage and will power. She challenges herself a lot. She always tells me” if others can do it, so can you”. Whenever I remember those words it always spurs me to push myself and work harder. She is my good chat buddy and I always seek advice from her. I influence in my life cannot be ignored

My grade 5 teacher (Uncle Mike)

He was like a big brother to me; He paid attention to my needs in class. I was physically small when i was young, so some of my classmate tends to want to pick on me. Uncle mike always knew when they were disturbing me, and he always dealt with them. He also encourages me a lot with my studies. My seat was close to him. He deliberately did this so that I could feel relax, to study and not worry about those who tries to bully me. He made me develop self confidence with time to face people who tend not to be nice. He was the first teacher I admire because of the way he takes care of his students and class.I always remember to treat my learners well when I remember him, so they can feel free and not scared to come to me when they have a problem. He always says you can be whatever you set your mind to, just keep working hard towards it. I loss contact with him after I got into secondary school

 My Uncle  Leke

My uncle visited a lot when we were young before he travelled out of Nigeria. He plays with us and sits to watch television with us. He has a great sense of humor and rarely gets upsets. I like that about him. He often tells me to smile so I do not grow old. I smile anytime I remember it. Education was one important thing he always wanted to talk to us about. He also loves to buy things for me and also give me money. Anytime, he is coming to visit I am always excited that there would be lots of goodies to go round as well as money .He is very charitable. I like that a lot about him. He is a kind hearted person and always tends to help people. He always says if you are lucky to have, then give some to those who do not, because life is sweeter when your friend is happy. I learnt a lot from is charitable behavior and I always try to help whenever I can and in whatever way I can. After he left the country, whenever he calls he always ask about school work and our goals in life.