Friendtofamily Stories

2025 "sometimes to move forward, you have to move backward," uncle khalid said, sliding his knight back. the game seemed all but over. "you play like a cockroach," he teased with a sly grin.😏 Not expecting the move, leaving me wondering what was his motives. i confessed, "i'm just scared to lose to an expert." He looks around the room as if searching for himself then looked back at a photograph hanged on the wall. It was me and my elder brother i was holding an award i won at a chess competition, I became tensed when I saw my elder brother,I really wanted the game to end . i pushed a pawn to the opponent's end, promoting it to a queen. uncle khalid handed it over, nodding, it finally end in a draw ,after a series of moves. the threefold repetition rule came to play,I did it intentionally to get some space for my self. 2040 Aunty, you are so cool. I want to be like you Will things get easier as I get older?. No,you have to get more stronger ;she replied. No word can describe the meeting of a friend that have not seen each other for years Rachel and Hauwa from secondary to university and as they finally departed meet again,now with family,more responsibilities,dream and self realization The beautiful thing in life is when you know that the past is not to be dwelled in but to be learned from and that you can't control people's thought and Thier though should not keep you from living. Be happy be kind to yourself and never give up on making yourself better Hauwa said I forgot who I was and where I came from that's why I lost track,never forget where you come from. Rachel said,I would never stop making way for the Nigeria of my dream. One step at a time, ✌️

When 14 year old Mara, is rushed to the hospital late one night the last ting her and her parents expect is cancer, but as they are admitted to the pediatric oncology ward they find out that Mara had cancer.

just as the title says.