[Music Video] Giving Up Won’t Help!

| Fola O' Martins

We all face challenges in life and just as our faces are different so also our issues differ from one another. Whilst to the rich, financial issues are no problem at all, it is the greatest challenge to a poor man. A student trying to pass a course to graduate may have challenges comprehending the course, but his lecturer has no such issue except the workload that is causing marital strains. Though both present in the same classroom, different woes beset them.

I have come to realise that to every stage of life, there exists a challenge. However, don’t let the issue beat you, make sure you beat it.

It’s never worth it to give up. It takes nothing to give up but it takes strength and courage to persevere to reach the goal.

I dedicate this song to everyone out there passing through a challenge, including myself. Don’t give up, don’t give in cos God has not brought you this far to leave you or hang you out to dry.

Dealing With PCOS: My Journey to Motherhood 1

| Fola O' Martins

On this journey to discuss extensively on natural fertility, I would like to start first by sharing my story and all I did to get to ‘destination motherhood.‘ Then I would explore the world of natural fertility by posting different areas of it that may help you in your own journey.

I got married in September 2010 and was excited about my marital status and all the life events I would be sharing with my husband. Continue reading →

WHY I DO WHAT I DO!

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Starting a blog was the farthest thing on my mind at the start of this year, there were other things that seem to be more interesting to me to pursue like starting a cake business, change jobs and have another baby (perhaps not in that particular order)! Anyway, it wasn’t until my dear husband said to me you’ve got too much stuff (information and experience) to keep to yourself before I realised that there are other things that I should pursue, one of which is starting a blog. Therein lies the birth of this platform.

The next thing was choosing a name for my blog. Oh, what a time I had weighing and discarding all kinds of names until I asked myself a question that “what was I looking to share with everyone out there?” Then, the answer came to me – things I take pleasure in and express myself through. It’s got to be something with PLEASURES in it, then the words OPEN PLEASURES struck me and I said YES, I’VE GOT IT!

Open pleasures? Why open, when all we know are secret pleasures? Well, for me all the above sections are pleasures I thoroughly enjoy in the open and I’m proud to share articles on. So, get ready as we explore my world and I look forward to you sharing some of your pleasures with me.

The first thing I would like to share with you is a little about myself. I am a Christian who loves God and have a relationship with Him, I am a wife to a loving husband, a woman that I’ve gone through fertility challenges and overcame (more to come on that) which makes me a mother to my beautiful daughter and another on the way! I am a lawyer by schooling and training and a banker as of now. I am a woman who loves to bake and decorate cakes (watch out for how it all started), cooking, crocheting and loom knitting. I also love reading Christian fiction and I know I would be sharing some of the ones that have reassured and spurred me with you and I so love to sing and listen to Christian Music.

So, there you have it. A little about myself.

For everything I have done or currently involved with, I like to ask myself why am I doing what I’m doing? For this blog, I’m doing it to share recipes, patterns, life experiences, lessons learnt, blessed and inspired words but most of all, I’m doing it to INSPIRE someone out there.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU’RE DOING?