December is what I’d call my ‘awareness’ and ‘acceptance’ month. It started out with the promise of an awesome time, and as the days drew in, I found myself learning to accept most of the things I haven’t been able to change this year.

Like the fact that I am not consistently working out as I had intended. Or even the fact that I consumed more coffee, milk, sugar this year-when I truly started cutting down on them.

On writing: Looking back, I would say that this year I published one book- Laana: Daughter of the Middle World and though a lot of people in my circles kept pushing for another book, few of them followed through and bought copies of it, and what I got instead were new readers- who are yet to fully embrace my writing style.

I bought eight new books this week and I would like to start reading them as soon as I can.

My elder sister truly knows what I love and she got me a book I have wanted to read ever since it was released but I could never get a copy. She bought me Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue for christmas and I love how she goes out of her way to let me know she cares about me.

I have sufficient stationery and very little inspiration and motivation to write a book as I post this. There is something within me that is calling for rest, for time away from the words that plague me until I can breathe life into them and weave them into a story. So, I am reading more books, listening to Kizz Daniel’s Cough (Odo) and dancing in my head.

Skin care is getting to be something that needs my attention and I am drawn to Luron products which I have been using the larger part of the year, so I got some products that I would love to try.

As 2022 comes to a close, I find myself more calm not because all is well, but because I feel like I am at the point in my life where I can choose which battles to fight, and which ones to walk away from. My friends say it is being old, and well, I am slowly veering off the age bracket that’s deemed as youth- and into the one that needs to have a retirement plan in action and that in itself has me grateful that I made it this far.

Happy holidays and I can’t wait to share what I write when I manage to.