Give Thanks, for you are alive; you survived!

“I’m sorry Mrs. Ejema, we did our best for Sunday but he just did not make it.”

Dr. Harrison said softly to Julie who rose up and flung herself on the ground and fainted. She did not need any interpreter to tell what message Harrison was conveying. She had lost the equanimity provided by the belief in fate and providence. Who would blame her? Sunday was her only son and she really had expected him back. 

Survivors create peace and development! M4SoP

Peace and Development please!

Survivors help to clear the mess!!! No more killing!

"Before the echo of their cries faded, the deadly “birds” had gone to roost, and those they cut short remained still; dismembered and dead.

The people cursed but the deed was already done and many hearts were broken.

Amidst tears the survivors gathered scattered body parts to ensure that each dead person was buried whole or at least near whole.

They knocked up make shift coffins from bamboo and twine for the burial of the dead.

But more was to come.
That was just the beginning. That was only the Air Raid!

Culled from "The Forest Dames"  - Available at Silverbird Galleria bookshop, Abuja;
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There is a good chance to be useful when you survive

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His parents did not survive but he did. He is therefore a survivor. He belongs here. When you are a survivor, there is a good chance to be useful like our latest survivor whose picture is below.

Protection makes them survivors

The Forest Dames

It was Jacob Kellenberger, who in 2001, as President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said that “Protecting women in war is not merely a question of law; it is also a matter of social responsibility and common sense, because it is thanks to women that life goes on in times of upheavals.”

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Move from that valley..Get to the mountain top!

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Although the girl died, her parents are survivors. They worked hard to leave that valley of circumstance and get to their mountain of hope and success. It takes determination only. We appreciate feed backs

..."Orjay’s wife sensed that the baby strapped to her back was now lifeless. She did not feel her daughter’s heartbeat anymore. Heoma’s heartbeat had stopped, she knew it. She had felt the baby ...slump, even though strapped to her back. With tears in her eyes, she drew her husband’s attention to this development. They trooped on. He was thinking. She was sobbing. The five year old girl’s body had stiffened"... Culled from "The Forest Dames".

Available at Silverbird Galleria bookshop, Abuja;
Quintessence, Falomo Shopping Complex, Awolowo road Ikoyi, Lagos and Debonair bookstores, Herbert Macaulay Way, Sabo Yaba, Lagos. Also at Booksellers shops (opposite Biobak), Garki 2, Abuja; and Pen and pages, Wuse 2 Abuja. Also at amazon.com/theforestdames, Barnes and Noble,

Move from that valley..Get to the mountain top!

Read below please. Go to The Forest Dames Page On Facebook and like it also. Thanks.

Although the girl died, her parents are survivors. They worked hard to leave that valley of circumstance and get to their mountain of hope and success. It takes determination only. We appreciate feed backs

..."Orjay’s wife sensed that the baby strapped to her back was now lifeless. She did not feel her daughter’s heartbeat anymore. Heoma’s heartbeat had stopped, she knew it. She had felt the baby ...slump, even though strapped to her back. With tears in her eyes, she drew her husband’s attention to this development. They trooped on. He was thinking. She was sobbing. The five year old girl’s body had stiffened"... Culled from "The Forest Dames".

Available at Silverbird Galleria bookshop, Abuja;
Quintessence, Falomo Shopping Complex, Awolowo road Ikoyi, Lagos and Debonair bookstores, Herbert Macaulay Way, Sabo Yaba, Lagos. Also at Booksellers shops (opposite Biobak), Garki 2, Abuja; and Pen and pages, Wuse 2 Abuja. Also at amazon.com/theforestdames, Barnes and Noble, AuthorHouse and other online marketers.