There may be hope afterall

Sunday 10/08/08
There may be hope afterall
Just got back from Onitsha, Eastern Nigeria. I went for the wedding of a colleague in Benin yesterday. I went with the family and stopped off in Benin while the driver took them on to Onitsha to spend a week with my parents so that everybody can be relaxed and happy until our household belongings are delivered next week.

By the time the driver got back from Onitsha to meet me at Benin, it was already getting late so we went back to Onitsha to spend the night and travel back to Lagos early this Sunday morning. Now, if you had asked me to tick a number of boxes as to why I wanted to return home, spending more time with my parents and my parents spending more time with their grandchildren would be high up on the list. So the fact that I could send the whole family to be with my parents and liven things up a little for them and get my two year old boy with a lovely smile to go practice hugging his Grandma and Grandpa makes me feel very good inside.

I am back in Lagos now, and it actually feels like home. The weather is fine, I am sitting in the upstairs verandah writing my blog with a cool breeze blowing, eating a sweet banana with groundnut nut and actually feeling quite good and relaxed. Probably the most satisfied feeling I have felt since I came back to Nigeria.

I think there may be hope after all.