For my birthday this year, I had no plans.
For the first time ever, I was super indifferent. I didn’t want to do anything. Didn’t feel like celebrating. I was just going to spend the day curled up on the couch.
My husband was concerned by this new found “maturity” 😂😂😂
My friends were worried that something was wrong.
@sk8ergal and @ciku_gikonyo had a whole troubleshooting session where they tried to figure out what could possibly be wrong for me to not want to celebrate. Lol.
My response each time I was asked was that 34 was a random age and I didn’t know what to do with it.
But my darling husband said, not on his watch.
So he curated the most wholesome day for us, and my friends loved up on me HARD, through their words and their gifts ❤️
I am so grateful to be so seen and so loved. So grateful for all the calls, the messages and the gifts. My heart is full.
My day started with the cake delivery from my husband and ended with ice cream on the couch while watching a show.
It was the very best day and I didn’t have to lift a finger to make it happen.
Truly grateful indeed.
Thank you, Cara Mia @mrekeemmanuel ❤️
I love you, infinitely ♾️
You’ll always be my home ❤️
Happy Birthday Minister Oge Nwobia-Eke!
Heaven really outdid itself with you, and today we celebrate that gift 🎁 ✨
Your life is a blessing to so many, and your impact speaks loudly
Thank you for pouring, leading, and showing us Christ so beautifully, we celebrate you greatly.
Happy Birthday to you Minister Oge Nwobia-Eke @oge_writes
TTC Birmingham cherishes you!🤗✨
Sounding the alarm as we ring in the 40th year of my good sis and friend, @fechy_n 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Meeting you 9 years ago completely changed my life and I could never have anticipated it at the time. Truly, God writes the best stories 🥺🥺🥺
From NLS Bwari, to NLS Lagos and now to England. What a way we have come these past few years. I’ve really followed you everywhere sha 😂😂😂
What an honour and privilege it has been for me to stand side by side with you, navigating life with all its many layers and complexities, and most importantly, growing together in our faith with Jesus as our anchor and godly roots that run really deep.
Today, the wordsmith can’t seem to find the words. I’m just sat here, thinking of all that we have navigated together, thinking of all that God has brought you through, thinking of all that we mean to each other, and I am truly left speechless in gratitude.
Thank you for your deep, deep, fierce love. Thank you for seeing me, loving me, carrying me and covering me. Thank you for the privilege of your time and your company. For the gift of your faith and your prayers. For a permanent room in your home regardless of the city. For the honour of being godmother to your daughter and a special aunty to your children.
God sees my heart towards you. It is full of such deep love and such great honour. And today, I pour out a blessing over you: May your life forever bear the fragrance of a field the Lord has blessed. May God forever honour you and may your life remain a testimony of grace, mercy and favour.
May the Lord hear you in the day of trouble. Amen.
May the name of the God of Jacob defend you. Amen.
May He send you help from His sanctuary and strengthen you out of Zion. Amen
May He fulfil all your petitions. Amen.
Happy 40th birthday, Fey nwannem. ❤️
With you, for you, always, until we meet our Maker 🙏🏾
📸: @michaeleke_
📍: @luxe16_studios
My love, what a perfect, perfect time we have had. Celebrating in a way that is true to us, exploring, adventuring, curating new memories for ourselves.
Every year with you continues to strengthen my conviction that we were truly made for each other and I am so grateful that we get to be.
Drumbeat of my heart, rhythm of my soul, the core of my essence. My forever muse and one true love. The one who ignites my passion and forever tickles my fancy🥺. What an absolute dream to do this life with you, through every season. Even on the hard days, what a blessing that we get to navigate those together.
My heart is home and safe with you, nkem. It will always be.
Here’s to another year of choosing each other, always and outdoing one another in love and service, with Christ at the centre of it all.
I love you, endlessly, my shugs.
Happy anniversary to us!
Forever yours ❤️
5 years with the absolute love of my life today.
5 years of marital bliss, of growth, of deep deep love.
So grateful to God for our love, our life and our journey together.
It was always you, Cara Mia.
It will ALWAYS Be you.
You have my heart, forever ❤️
Happy 5th wedding anniversary to us, Nkem.
📸: @michaeleke_
4 decades.
That’s how long my parents have been married.
40 years of commitment, purpose, partnership, parenting. It is quite surreal.
If I were to describe my parents’ marriage in one word it would be this- exemplary.
I have watched them support each other, setting the standard and raising the bar so high for what true partnership in marriage looks like.
As parents, they have kept a fine balance of mentoring and teaching while maintaining a friendship as we have grown into adulthood and it has been the greatest honour of my life to be their child.
There will never be enough words to articulate just how much my parents mean to me and just how deeply I love them, but one thing is certain, I will always share with them and about them at every chance I get.
To my mum and my dad, happy 40th wedding anniversary. I’m glad we got to give you your flowers tonight and to celebrate your union in a way that was tangible and meaningful to you.
May God give you both many more years together in love and unity with joy and laughter.
I love you both infinitely and I pray we never run out of time to say and do all that needs to be said and done.
❤️ ♾️
Exactly a year ago, I started my current job; excited, nervous and really grateful to be there.
One thing that was top of mind for me even from Day 1, was wanting to be the absolute best person I could be on my job; executing tasks diligently, embodying excellence and proving myself an asset to the team.
One year later, as I mark my first anniversary at work, I am filled with immense gratitude at all I have been able to accomplish by the grace of God.
I have worked across two teams and loved every bit of it. In both teams, I have given 100% to the job, stretching as required, saying yes to opportunities and volunteering as the needs arose.
The biggest highlight of my work year has been delivering a bunch of animated e-learning videos over the last few weeks. When I committed to the project 3 months ago, I didn’t realise how much it would take from me- creating the storyboard, drafting scripts, reviewing with SMEs, designing the videos, recording the voiceovers and finalising the edits.
By the time the scripts were finalised, I had barely 2 weeks to deliver the videos. And even though my manager said it was ok to not get all the videos out by the deadline, I decided otherwise. What followed next was 2 weeks of insanity, working round the clock and through weekends to get everything out. Some days, I would start work at 6:30am and finish around 1am. And as much as it drained me, I was immensely proud to get all the videos out in time. My manager was in awe. “You didn’t have to, but thank you and well done for all your hard work” was the feedback.
I am nothing if not a woman of my word and I am grateful to God for grace that abounded for me to be able to honour the commitment that I made.
It’s been one year of shining my light on my job. Here’s to another year of being salt and light, delivering excellent, impactful work that leaves colleagues giving thanks that I am situated in their team.
Happy first work anniversary, Oge baby. ❤️
A couple of weeks ago, I saw on @gbemisoke ’s stories that she would be in London for a week and the speed I used to rush into her dms???
Zero shame o 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Aunteh G! Aka Coach G of the interwebs. One of the best people I have met off social media.
We had the loveliest time chatting over drinks and enjoying a gorgeous sunset. I’m really so chuffed that we got to meet. Thank you for making the time. You’re an actual icon living and I love you lots! ❤️
Ps. This voiceover thing is actually not too bad o.
Am I about to become a nuisance with it?
Watch this space 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Happy Friday!
In January this year, I made a decision to take my fitness seriously and try to get back to being fit and healthy.
There were a few false starts where I tried to figure out what worked and what didn’t. Honestly? Getting into a consistent routine was HARD. So I quit. Over and over again.
One day in June, I woke up and decided to challenge myself to working out for 10 days daily. It was a bit of a struggle but I did it.
Then I took it up a notch - 10 days working out twice daily. Even I thought it was ambitious but I dared to do it anyways. Yesterday marked day 10 and I am incredibly proud of myself for showing up consistently, hard as it was.
The challenge is over, but I have built a habit that now feels naturally occurring for me. This is a snippet of what my routines were morning and evening:
30mins run x 20 reps arm curl 27kg lifts x 20 reps seated dip 32kg x 50 reps 8kg weighted squats x 20 reps 73kg assisted dips.
A girl is glad to be back in her fitness bag.
Been a gym girlie since 2015 and I am so happy to be back.
Consider this your sign to get your health in check and your fitness back on track. You are allowed to have as many false starts as it takes to finally build consistency.
Love and Light,
Oge
