A colleague who knew the shock and pain of losing a husband while on a one week working trip abroad, said the these words to me and sincerely its was the reawakening I needed.  Thanks Julie, I pray you be  strengthened  to live with your loss. "Don't forget to tell your wife you love her every day - you can never say it too often".

Before I start my story let me explain   what the term “chopper” means in pidgin English - For most people born and raised up in Warri, Delta state, especially those who were teenagers or young adults   in the 80's and early 90's. It might be a lot easier to understand what the word chopper connotes. The word is a Pidgin English term coined in Warri and it simply means: someone has a lot of money or someone who spends a lot of money. For some reason obvious e.g. my money spending habit during my senior secondary school days a couple of my friends conferred that title on me. Thus the use of the term "chopper dey" whenever we would go out for lunch break or simply just want to buy something and they are counting on me to sort out the bill. Now, how I came about the cash that I was spending so lavishly at that time is a story not for another day (Divulging that may hurt my future political ambition, that’s if I ever have one anyway). Now back to my story, the ye...