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An Eye Chapter One Present “A child for a child”. That's what the printed note had said. I trace my hands across it, letter by letter, word for word and that's when everything came rushing in. *May 2014* The first time Sarah met Jeremy Smith, she had just finished high school and had been working in a confectionery shop. In previous years, she had dreamt about going to college, maybe on a scholarship because there was no damm fuckin'way her mother could afford it. Sarah had lived with her mother, her twin brother and her drunkard of a father and while she had loved being close to her twin,she had prayed every to find a way to live the hellhole she had called a house. She hadn't called it a home, home they said was where the heart was and Sarah heart had left that dump ago. She had been a 'A'student, spending most of time studying probably because she hadn't really friends,but then puberty had hit in and the lanky girl had turn into a woman w...

Hey TTB followers and welcome to Vocabulary Building with ME(Stephanie). Here we explore words from weird,  to archaic, to long and short, simple and complex words. WORD OF THE WEEK Caveat [ca·ve·at] 1. A warning or proviso: something said as a warning, caution, or qualification. For example: The agreement contains the usual caveats. SLANG OF THE WEEK Salty Feeling salty is akin to feeling upset or angry — usually over something minor, like getting teased. Post by: Osaruyi Stephanie Aiseosa Facebook: Stephanie Aiseosa Osaruyi Instagram: stephanieonette_ Twitter: Osaruyi Stephanie Aiseosa

VAN DIJK FOR BALLON D'OR? A Champions League winner and PFA player of the year, but could Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk's stellar 2019 get a whole lot better? The Dutchman is odds-on favourite to win this year's Ballon d'Or - and told BBC Sport: "If I am rewarded for the season I had, that would be unbelievable and I would be so proud." Should he win? And who else is in the running? We take a look... Who Usually Wins The Ballon d'Or? The Ballon d'Or - the award for the world's best player - traditionally used to change hands most years - until the 10-year stranglehold that 6-4 second favourite Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo (five years each) had from 2008 to 2017. That ended last year with Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric lifting football's most prestigious individual trophy after a Champions League final success and Croatia's run to the World Cup final. So what do recent winners have in common? Usually they are forwar...

Loving the You that you are.   Hello Lovely Readers of TTB, I know I deserve to be flogged and stripped of my Writer title but please Biko, Forgive me as the Bible commands *Puppy eyes*.   I'm hear and I'm here for all my people that think that their skin colour or body type is a mistake. Well People of God and atheists too lol, your skin Colour and body type is perfect. No, I do not come with Cliche qoutes and stories about loving and owning who you are, I come as one who was of the opinion that my skin colour and body type was a curse and of course this song is totally inspired by Beyonce andWizkid's Brown skiing Girl ! *Dancing zanku off the beat* Growing up Being lightskinned wasn't easy for me especially as I was the only lightskinned person in my house and somehow I had managed to only make dark skinned friends, I had constantly heard people call my friends and siblings Black beauty, Black and shining, Caramel skin, chocolate skin and all other wonderful co...

Hello TTB followers. Welcome to wallflower and let me officially welcome you to a new week. Today, we'll be doing a bit of this and that with a compilation of quotes that have helped me look on life in a different way this week. So here we go.. I hope you find them useful.     20 quotes to help change your perspective of life 1. “Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” ~James Dean 2. “When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.” ~Wayne Dyer 3. “A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. 4. “You’ll never get a Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!” ~Capt. Henry P. Crowe 5. “Mistakes are the portals of discovery.” ~James Joyce 6. “I’m looking California and feeling Minnesota.” ~Chris Cornell 7. “Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying, That’s Goddamn right.” ~Stephen King – The Shawshank Redemption 8. “THE EDGE, there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who re...

Hey TTB followers and welcome to Vocabulary Building with ME(Stephanie). Here we explore words from weird,  to archaic, to long and short, simple and complex words. WORDS OF THE WEEK Epochal [ep·och·al] 1. Highly significant or important; momentous. For example— “Epochal decisions made by the president.” 2. Without parallel For example— “Epochal stupidity.” SLANG OF THE WEEK Shook: Use it as an adjective and you’ll mean shocked, surprised, or startled. The inner monologue for feeling shook is "Whoa, what just happened?" Post by: Osaruyi Stephanie Aiseosa Facebook: Stephanie Aiseosa Osaruyi Instagram: stephanieonette_ Twitter: Osaruyi Stephanie Aiseosa

TUESDAY TALKS WITH GBEMI BEWARE OF ROVE BEETLES!!! Hello TTB lovers, welcome to another edition of Tuesday Talks With Gbemi. So today, makes it a week since I was stung by the rove beetle and trust me, the experience was not pleasant at all. Infact, I had a rough week battling with the aftermath of the incident and so today, I'll be enlightening us on this insect. The Rove beetle commonly known as "skirt and blouse" is a red/orange and black coloured insect that can be found in virtually every habitat, It usually lives near drainage lines and watercourses. During the daytime, rove beetles can be seen crawling around on the ground, with their wings hidden, and can resemble ants. Adult rove beetles are predators of other insects and at night are frequently encountered around light sources, hence while it is also referred to as the "electric insect".  Rove beetles do not bite or sting but their blood contains a strong toxin called pederin​ that can cause ski...