Theme: Premature Marriages and Ignored Red Flags Episode 5: Let me gist you about a wedding that still haunts all of us. It was just last year. I remember it so well because we all showed up dressed to kill. The canopy, the music, the fireworks, the makeup artists. Everything was lit. But beneath all...
Let me tell you something that still makes my chest tight when I think about it. We used to live in a compound where everybody knew everybody. You know those days when you could drop your kids off at a neighbour’s house and go to market with peace of mind? Families helped each other. Aunties...
You see ehn… I will never forget this story. I was much younger, maybe like 10 or 11. There was this family we were very close to. Our parents were friends, we attended the same church, did family hangouts together. You know the type. They were what you’d call a “model family”; peaceful, prayerful, and...
I remember this like yesterday. We had this woman everyone called Auntie Margaret. She wasn’t our auntie by blood, but in our old compound, you didn’t need blood to be family. You just needed to be kind… and show up. And Auntie Margaret? Oh, she showed up with a big smile, warm pots of jollof,...
Theme: Body Safety & Family Silence I was about nine when I first noticed something strange. Uncle Tayo was like a family fixture. He was always around. Not really our uncle, but everyone called him that. He lived in the boys’ quarters behind our compound and had a room filled with comic books, action figures,...
“The voice you use to speak to your child is often shaped by the voice that spoke to you.” And if we’re honest… Many of us were raised by parents doing the best they could, But not always the best we needed. • Maybe you grew up with silence where there should have been...
Could it be your child? Or you who is playing the novice? She spoke up, but silence was chosen over safety. They said they were protecting the family name. But what they protected… was the predator. She tried to tell. She whispered it through trembling lips. But instead of protection, she got dismissal. Her...
By Princess Francisca Obi-Chimezie | Family Nest Academy Some of us were raised by people who never healed. People who called it discipline when it was pain talking. People who couldn’t say “I love you” because nobody ever said it to them. Now we’re parents. And while we love our children deeply, we...
By: Princess Francisca Obi-Chimezie, Founder, Family Nest Academy You’re not just raising a child. You are stewarding someone else’s future leader, prophet, inventor, healer, or mother of nations. Every child is born with divine intention. God doesn’t send random souls to families. He plants destiny in diapers, vision in baby steps, and legacy in every...
Title: Becoming the Legend Father: A Father’s Day Tribute By: Princess Francisca Obi-Chimezie, Founder, Family Nest Academy There’s a unique kind of strength that doesn’t shout. It’s the gentle grip of a father’s hand resting on a child’s shoulder, The soft prayers murmured in the quiet hours before dawn, The everyday sacrifices that fly under...
