Skip to content

Olú Abíkóyè

A chronicle of life's laughter, tears, and everything in-Between.
  • Home
  • About
  • About

Monthly Archives: July 2020

Home/2020 /July

Lulu, till we meet again!

Jul 30, 2020Olú Abíkóyè23 CommentsDear DiaryDeath, memories, Sickle Cell, till we meet again, Warriors

How do I say; Lulu, till we meet again! I can’t even express what I feel deep inside of me. How do I tell myself this is real? How do I treasure life, knowing that I will die someday? By happenstance, I met Lulu on Crimsonbow platform. An initiative for sickle cell warriors to find

Read More

Alarmist – Do you have a friend who is an alarmist?

Jul 24, 2020Olú Abíkóyè1 CommentDear Diary#4EverFriends, Alarmist

Alarmist! Do you have a friend who is an alarmist? Meet Tina; She’s their Queen. Mrs Augustina Amos who I fondly call Tina is one woman I sincerely love. I dare myself to call her my friend. Oh, I forgot to mention, since she is my superior at work, are we even allowed to be

Read More

My Legal Dress — Ede & Ravenscroft!

Jul 17, 2020Olú Abíkóyè6 CommentsMy Journey#Lawyers, #LegalDress, #SiblingRivalry

It was almost time for Call to Bar and the search for my legal dress was my palava. Olu, leave me, na!  It has to be the best of the best. I wanted it so badly. Why? I don’t know! My brother Olu lamented that a lot of students would wear a cheaper version found in

Read More

How was your Visiting Day?

Jul 10, 2020Olú Abíkóyè5 CommentsMy Journey#4EverFriends, #BadDreams, #ProUnitate, #SecondarySchool, #VisitingDay

Not this visiting day! Daddy, why did you come to visit me? Why this visiting day! Why did you come today! Mummy, why? Daddy, why? I screamed from my sleep. These are dead bodies. Somebody, please help my parents! Toyo, wake up! Wake up! What is it? We just slept not quite long. What is

Read More

This is my Fight Song!

Jul 4, 2020Olú Abíkóyè2 CommentsMy Journey#Life, #Mother, #Myfightsong, #Survivor, #Warrior

This is my fight song, just as Rachel Platten sang; Like a small boatOn the oceanSending big wavesInto motionLike how a single wordCan make a heart openI might only have one matchBut I can make an explosion On this occasion, God please, this is my fight song. I beg you, I need to make that

Read More

Theme by Think Up Themes Ltd. Powered by WordPress.