More on this because I like practical examples.

I tell people, motherhood is really finding God in yourself in a way you didn't understand before. The day I came to this understanding was a random day. My child was ill. He had a fever and was crying a lot.

https://twitter.com/lolaloveandart/status/1780338505635254696

I took his shirt off, gave him calpol, and was preparing his juice. He kept crying. I had given him the calpol to bring down the fever and headache and other pains, I had taken his shirt off, I was making a cool drink. I had done everything required to give him relief

I have had eggs frozen. I was doing IVF at Olive in Lekki. Just in case the IVF failed I wanted to have eggs stored because I didn't want to have to stimulate eggs to mature the second time. Ovary stimulation can be painful because you can suffer from over stimulation

https://twitter.com/Jolli_Benny/status/1728846483053744504

This was early 2018 so my recollection may not be pristine. But the idea is, they sort of stop, and then jump-start your cycle. You get pills for a few days and then injections daily to stimulate your ovaries to produce lots of mature ovum. You are monitored closely

Religions often look like the people who participate in it.

Nigerians are a dramatic, overt people. It is pervasive. That is why even the skits and comedy shows are full of exaggerated laughters and useless soundbites

https://twitter.com/SkinwithLolami/status/1716544683587850362

Growing up I always prayed in my heart, maybe with my lips moving but barely ever a sound.
My family is very conservative. Theatrics and attention seeking were frowned upon, even in sickness. "Act cultured" basically.