I have been nominated for The Versatile Blogger Award by my dear blogger friends Vickie over at Vickie’s Book Nook and Meditation Corner and James over at James A. Best.
Vickie’s nomination came quite a while ago and at a time when I needed some encouragement over here, and reading the facts she shared about herself gave me such a boost. Her life is a testimony of the fact that with God, nothing is impossible. I was also encouraged by James’ nomination, reading that he has published books gave me a boost on my dreams to finish mine.
Thank you,ย guys.
RULES:
- Thank the person who nominated you.
- Include a link to their blog in your post.
- Share 7 facts about yourself.
- Nominate 15 bloggers of your choosing to keep spreading the love.
7 Facts About Myself:
- My name is Tosin (I know most of my friends over here call me Alethea, and that’s fine)
- I’m the only girl in the midst of three male siblings
- I’ve lived in Nigeria, Ghana, Malaysia and currently now in Scotland
- I prefer manual labour to brain tasking work
- I finally bought a red shoe after I said I could never wear one
- I’m an engineer. My father was an engineer. My brothers are engineers, well, sort of, and I married an engineer
- I wish I could homeschool my kids
My 15 Nominees:ย
- Mws R Writings
- Daily Hopeful
- Grace Over Pain
- HEAVENSREEF
- Tamie’s Alcove
- English on Your Mind
- gaillovesgod
- Honest Conversations
- GODFIDENCE DIARY
- Simply Style By J
- The father’s girl
- Melissa McLaughlin
- Julie Dibble, Speaker and Author
- Becoming His Tapestry
- A Morning Coffee With God
To my nominees: Please accept this nomination as my way of sending some encouragement your way, even though you might not write a post about it . . . you’re doing an amazing job and Iย am blessed to follow you!
Wonderful post, Tosin! Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks for the nomination again, Vickie. Sorry it took a while to get at it.
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It was worth the wait!
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Congrats! I used to have a pen pal in Ghana. You just reminded me of him.
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Really? They are loving people. I lived there for a good part of four years. Are you still in contact with your pal?
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Unfortunately no. I havenโt heard from him since the early 90โs. His family had a farm out there and he always wanted me to come see the animals. Iโd love to have went.
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The word ‘pen pal’ reminded me of the season in my life when I wanted one so bad. That feels like centuries ago.
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Itโs sad because technology has really replaced the old pen pal. Most everything is just as close as your cell phone now.
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So true!
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And I really wish it wasn’t so. I didn’t realise how my handwriting will be affected by how much typing I did. And how shallow lots of relationships get for lack of longing.
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Very true!
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Thank you Tosin for such a wonderful post full of your history for us to read. I am still proud of Nominating you for the Versatile Blogger Award. Congrats again !!
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Thanks, James.
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You are very welcome Tosin .
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Smiles coming your way
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Awesome! Congratulations sis! Mine are homeschooled and honestly, I wish they were in a private school. Kids really need social interaction with other kids. Though I don’t agree with the way kids are being taught in school. It’s almost a catch 22.
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Really? I didn’t know they were. The decision continues to look attractive to me with the things taught in schools these days. And Scotland is always the pioneer for these crazy things as they have just introduced homosexual sex education in primary schools. It’s very worrying the rate it’s going at this point.
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Yes, they are ๐ Jenn’s mom teaches them. But her ideas on teaching and my ideas are so different.
Yes, things taught in public schools these days are horrendous. It wouldn’t be so bad IF parents took an active role in say helping with homework, asking questions and answering them as well as being aware of what is being taught. Most parents do not have a clue what their kids are being taught.
You on the other hand, do!
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It’s amazing that she does. I’m sure if we all brought our teaching ideas forward and insisted on them I’m sure there’ll be a good reason for another world war ๐ so well done for letting her.
I saw a video one time where a mother was drilling the school board about their boundaries and how far they really should be going in the name of education. Yes, it’ll be so great if we all got involved. You have given me an idea that I hope God will enable me to follow through with tomorrow.
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Lol…true.
May the Lord enable you to follow through ๐
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Amen.
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Congratulations dear. Well desrved!
I think I might have seen those red shoes, but might have disappeared in a twinkle of an eye ๐
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๐๐๐๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ that was even a pink shoe. My goodness, the things I’ve begun to do. There was a time when the only shoes I had were black and brown and that wasn’t very long ago ๐๐๐๐
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Awesome!
Thanks for the nomination sis.
I just realized I don’t own a red shoe.. Lol
Home schooling is something I’m pretty curious about. How does it work? What curriculum do the kids use? When home schooled are there still things like test, homework, exam? How is grading done when home schooled? Because of where I live and I’m coning from the concept feels so foreign.
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I don’t have those answers myself just yet but apparently it feels like so. I’m going to have to get my research cap on soon.
As for red shoes, my mum couldn’t believe it when I got one. ๐๐๐
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Thank you so much for the nomination sis โคโคโค.
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It’s certainly my pleasure dear. Have fun doing it if you decide to. ๐ค๐ค๐ค
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PTL! Congrats on your Versatile Blogger Award, Tosin! What interesting conversations there must be around the table of a family full of engineers. And just think… now if you’re too far away from home you can just click the heels of those red shoes together 3 times and each time say, “There’s no place like home.” ๐
Thank you for thinking of me. May the Lord continue to bless you and your blog! God loves you!
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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ good laugh on the red shoe comment, I must change my name to Alice ๐
Funny it’s been such a while since we all sat on a table together, but I’m looking forward to next year as there’ll be a wedding to bring us together ๐
God bless you sis ๐
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๐ Wouldn’t that be Dorothy?? ๐ Looking forward to pics of the wedding! โค
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Once again names get mixed up in my head. This is hilarious ๐๐๐
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๐ I wasn’t 100% sure either because I have not seen Alice in Wonderland. Just clips of trivia through the years. This has been a good laugh! ๐
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I need to do a good revision of my old time stories to be mixing Alice in Wonderland with Wizard of Oz, not after I’ve seen one bank’s ad use Dorothy over and over again for some months now ๐
I’ll be sharing pictures by God’s grace when the time comes ๐๐๐
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I’ll have to try and make an effort to watch Alice in Wonderland. My son would appreciate that too so I can understand his puns regarding it… lol ๐
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https://gaillovesgod.blog/2018/11/26/versatile-blogger-award-11-22-18/
Thank you again! โค
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