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The Justices, Okpanam, Asaba (2025)

21/07/2025

Certain things become luxury at certain seasons of life.

Just take a deep breath.

You'll be fine🥰

15/07/2025

This happened quite recently...

I felt a bit overwhelmed. It wasn’t anything dramatic.
Just one of those days when your body and mind quietly ask for a moment to relax or take a break.

While I sat, letting out a few silent tears, my 3-year-old noticed. She quickly ran to me, her voice full of concern:

“Should I call my Dada to come?”
I smiled and said, “No baby, I’ll be fine.”

Then she added with even more urgency,
“Should I call your Mummy!”

That part made me smile deeply😄
"My mum had passed on o, Young woman😁", but the love behind her words—her instinct to help, stayed with me.
I was stunned at her sensitivity.
It was quite beautiful to see my toddler exhibiting situational awareness 🥰

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And here’s the quiet lesson that act of hers taught me:

Children are deeply situationally aware.

They may not always understand the details, but they feel the atmosphere.

They respond with care, initiative, and often a kind of wisdom that leaves us humbled.

She saw a need, and her first instinct was to bring comfort.

That’s love.
That’s empathy.
That’s emotional intelligence and in its purest form.

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Let’s not be too quick to dismiss children’s emotions or assume they’re too young to “know.”
Sometimes, they see more than we do. My daughter has opened my eyes to this.

💛

14/07/2025

Dear Teacher,

It’s another week of impact, and I trust you’re charged up to carry out this week’s work with so much vigour and readiness.

I remembered one time I was teaching a child who was unable to read, and it was worrisome because of his age and the class he was in at the time.

But you know what? I figured out that there’s no physical outcome without a spiritual underlay.
So, I took it spiritual.
Before our classes, I’d pray with him and for him.

That did the magic for me.

A few months later, we started seeing results.
My boy could read!
The parents were so happy and never stopped talking about the fast improvement they noticed since they registered their boy with me.

My point is: LIFE IS SPIRITUAL.

Don’t say you’ve tried everything when you haven’t tried praying about that challenge.

I love you, and this is the message for today: Try prayer.

Yours truly,
Mrs. Justice

12/07/2025

Don't forget to look up when the odds seem not to be in your favour.

I'll lift you my eyes to the hills🙌
That's where my help comes from.

How has been the weekend at your end?

07/07/2025

Dear Teacher,

Happy New Week to you. It's me again bringing you good updates to better this profession.

In all you do, ensure to constantly add value to yourself.

You're not small.

I love you and I'm always rooting for you.
Have a great week this week.

Yours in the Profession,
Mrs Justice

03/07/2025

Some throwback pictures

Just a grateful heart❤️
This baby is already 3, so the post is not for "Congratulations".

03/07/2025

Dear Teacher,

Mind Your Words… They Matter.

This is an honest write for me because I'm a diehard fan of speaking the right words even when it's visibly opposite.

Yesterday, I overheard a teacher call a child “trouble”, like right in front of the child’s father.
The word stung me.
I just stared in disbelief.

It may have seemed like a joke or just a passing remark, but words like that have weight, especially when spoken by a figure of authority.

The child started crying and began explaining how he doesn't look for trouble in class but the father didn't even believe and only remarked how he cries at every little thing.

I shook my head.

As teachers, we do more than pass knowledge.
We speak identity, confidence, and direction into our learners, sometimes without even realizing it.

One sentence can stay with a child for a lifetime.

“You’re not serious.”
“You’ll never make it at this rate.”
“You’re always a problem.”
"You're troublesome".

Now imagine replacing them with:

“I see your effort. Keep going.”
“I know you can figure this out.”
“You’re still learning, and that’s okay.”
"Good job there. You're doing well"

Words are seeds, and we are constantly planting, especially with our learners.
What will your learners grow from your voice?

Let’s choose words that heal, not hurt.
Let’s correct with compassion, not condemnation.
Let’s be the voice in their heads that says, “I can.”

Because long after they’ve left our classrooms,
our words still echo in their minds.

Choose to speak wisely.

Yours Truly,
Mrs Justice

01/07/2025

Dear Teacher,

Sometimes, we fall into the trap of unhealthy comparison.

We measure our pace by the progress of a colleague, not realizing that growth isn’t a race, it's a personal journey.
Comparison and Unhealthy Competition are bedevilling to your growth. Don't thread that path.

Dear Teacher, it’s okay to applaud others without questioning your own worth.
It’s okay to see your colleague's success and still feel secure in your path.

In fact, when you genuinely celebrate others, you open yourself up to learn from them.
That’s how we grow, not by competing, but by connecting. You get it?

Let’s normalize raising an applause when it's due. Let’s not let another teacher’s shine dim our own. Instead, let it light the path ahead.

Teaching is one of the few professions where relevance depends on your ability to unlearn and relearn.
And guess what? That process is easier when we learn with and from each other.

When we let go of pride and embrace humility, we:

• Stay updated and refreshed in our practice

• Improve our emotional intelligence with learners

• Build a supportive, non-toxic school culture

• Remain open to feedback that helps us become better

So today, let’s choose growth over comparison.
Let’s applaud more.
Let’s collaborate more.
Let’s keep learning.

For the sake of our students, and of course, ourselves.

Yours Truly,
Mrs Justice

30/06/2025

Dear Teacher,

How are you today? It’s a new week.

I hope it’s not too late to wish you a great week ahead.
I’m sorry my letter is coming a bit late today — the life of a woman☺️. But we’ll be fine anyway.

Over the weekend, I got enlightened about certain fundamental human rights that many teachers, especially those in public or government schools, aren’t familiar with. Because, tell me, why does a child in a private school receive a different kind of "discipline" from those in public schools?

Now I understand — it's a lack of knowledge issue.
However, ignorance isn’t an excuse. If an enlightened parent becomes a victim of our ignorance, that excuse might not hold water in a court of law.

Here’s my advice: Get familiar with the fundamental human rights as they apply to you in the classroom and in your interaction with learners. It will save you the cost of “explaining without evidence” 😂

You don’t want that.

Love always. I’m always rooting for you.

Yours in the profession,
Mrs Justice

28/06/2025

I’ve noticed something about myself, not just recently, but over time.

Whenever I experience strife, whether it’s internal conflict, tension with someone, or just emotional unrest, it somehow cripples my productivity.
My thoughts become cloudy, my creativity feels blocked, and even writing, which is something I love, feels impossible.
It’s like the part of me that births ideas, dreams, and solutions shuts down in response to chaos.

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Today, I chose not to let that happen.
Today, I became intentional.
Rather than allow the noise to swallow me, I sat with my thoughts, acknowledged what I was feeling, and took hold of my life in the most beautiful way I know how —
I wrote.

I poured my thoughts onto paper. I gave my feelings a place to land. And slowly, clarity returned.
Creativity returned. I returned.

There’s something freeing and relaxing about not letting your emotions control your entire day. About choosing peace, even when circumstances try to pull you out of alignment.
It leaves this feeling of "I'm incharge of my life".

Such a beautiful place to be😍😍😍

If you’ve ever felt paralyzed by strife, just know you’re not alone. But also know that you don’t have to stay stuck there.

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Pause. Breathe. Write. Pray. Walk. Do whatever helps you reconnect with you.
You’ll be surprised how powerful those little moments of intention can be. Powerful.

Here's to choosing peace and protecting our creative space

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