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Penninah Patrick Building a life, family, business & brand in Togo 🇹🇬

👩🏾‍🍳 Baker | Mum | Entrepreneur

Sharing the lessons, experiences & moments along the way

23/09/2026

I have always love the quieting yet satisfying interest that comes from watching a kitchen restock video.

So I decided to try it!

It is one thing to go to the market, it is another to come back with ¾ three quarter the things on your list.

I call it money well spent.

Penninah Patrick
We still dey go market...

Like play like play, I am officially joining the soft life Mamas!Na so!I need to ask my mom if this was how she felt wh...
21/09/2026

Like play like play, I am officially joining the soft life Mamas!

Na so!

I need to ask my mom if this was how she felt when each of us took turns to cook and serve her every single day after we completed Nine.

This is sweet!

Amy told me to go and rest so she can work magic in the kitchen and I was expecting karma for all the potti I made my mom eat at her age.

But this girl wowed me.

My time of crossing leg and watching TV while they set the Table for me as arrived o!
💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽

Can your eight years old ever?

Penninah Patrick
Proud mum mood activated

"Thank God it's Saturday!"I thought this phrase is common only amongst job owners until my daughter said it today.They a...
21/09/2026

"Thank God it's Saturday!"

I thought this phrase is common only amongst job owners until my daughter said it today.

They are so grateful for the weekend like I was when I was Teacher.

🤣🤣🤣

How the tables have turned.

Weekends for me are scary days without my 8 hours of peace and it is a constant battle not to make it a "chores day" like everyone else.

But for them, it is a day to sleep for as long as they want without having mommy wake them up "in the middle of the night" as My LASTIE says it.

They should enjoy it while it lasts Biko!

Penninah Patrick
Life is in stages

One thing I am shamefully nescient about is our continents.The only thing I know about them is what I learned from a nur...
21/09/2026

One thing I am shamefully nescient about is our continents.

The only thing I know about them is what I learned from a nursery rhyme.

🎶There are seven continents in the world 🎶
🎶I can name them, what about?...🎶

That's all!

So when I see videos online of people being quizzed on them, it scares me.

We are all students of life.

So today, I decided to read and listen to videos about our continents while I do my house chores, not to learn it all in a day as if someone is going to set an exam for me to pass, but mostly because it is something I am interested in knowing.

You see, I have come to realize that learning that springs from curiosity is the most interesting kind of learning.

No deadline,
No target!

Just you satisfying your curiosity.

Your brain just absorbs everything effortlessly, and then when you find yourself wanting to talk or write about that topic, it just flows.

That is the kind of learning I want for myself and my kids (of course, I am going to make them watch the videos).

I call it subconscious learning.

Penninah Patrick
We learn to teach

I STARTED SENDING MY LASTIE ON SMALL ERRANDS LATELY.But something happened recently that questioned my parenting skills ...
18/09/2026

I STARTED SENDING MY LASTIE ON SMALL ERRANDS LATELY.

But something happened recently that questioned my parenting skills (one I have never claimed to have).

I asked him to go buy some pastries that he personally loves so much for a quick breakfast, only for him to return with bread.

I was like, "What's this?"

Without hearing what he had to say (oh, he always has something to say), I sent him back.

Knowing who he was, I knew he would be hanging around, and that annoyed me.

Boiling with anger, I took the bread from him and returned it to the lady, who, upon seeing me return, started her own bickering.

My boiling point was over the thermometer because I really hate attention-seeking talks.

I returned home with the bread as the lady refused to take it, claiming that it was what my son specifically requested.

Now I am red hot!

Why would he request bread when I clearly mentioned pastries?

As I was descending on him in my anger for buying the wrong thing, refusing to take it back, and being the one who actually requested it,

he screamed, "People are too much!"

I stopped to hear what he was saying.

It turned out that, upon getting there, he realized that with the number of people around, his chances of being attended to and getting that pastry were slim, so he just went for bread while others contended over the pastry.

I was shocked, sorry, and ashamed of myself.

How could he have made such a calculating decision on his own at his age?

I could have waited to hear what he had to say from the start; he was going to explain his choices.

I felt really bad😔

For the rest of the day, I held him tight and did things to ease myself of that parental guilt I was feeling and still feel as I share this incident with you.

I had to make a promise to my kids and myself that I would listen more because that was all my boy needed from me.

I am still sorry for letting my anger get the best of me and am so proud of the man he is becoming.

Penninah Patrick
This thing called "parenting!"😓

I ATTENDED A BUSINESS CONFERENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE IN LOMÉ.I have always wanted to attend conferences and be...
18/09/2026

I ATTENDED A BUSINESS CONFERENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE IN LOMÉ.

I have always wanted to attend conferences and be in places and around people that make me feel closer to my goals.

I totally eliminated the thought when I decided to settle for a life here in Togo.

To be sincere, for the longest time, I have lived in Togo but had my eyes on Nigeria as the only place where I could achieve my public speaking goals.

So I shrank myself and tried to think of another way to live my dreams here.

But as I sat in this conference room, struggling to pick a few things from the conversation with the little French I understood, I realized that my mindset was the biggest barrier to my growth and career goals.

I kept thinking of how I had written Togo off while opportunity fly over my head.

"Enough of that!" I said to myself, as I got up to connect with others as the lady instructor requested.

I wish she could see the way I was blushing with pride on her behalf. To see a lady confidently walk and speak in a crowd was like watching my dreams play before my eyes.

Thanks to my friend, who invited me and made sure to include me in every conversation, even though she had her own struggles with English.

I was able to start conversations (that she had to finish😁) and connect with people.

By the end of that conference, I came out with a new pair of eyes to see Togo.

It is unfortunate that I lost all my video recordings of my very first business conference in Togo.😭

I will make sure it is not the last!

Penninah Patrick
On a journey 👣👣

SOME TIME LAST YEAR, I LOST OVER 1,000 FOLLOWERS HERE ON FACEBOOK.And surprisingly...I didn't panic.Not because it didn'...
17/09/2026

SOME TIME LAST YEAR, I LOST OVER 1,000 FOLLOWERS HERE ON FACEBOOK.

And surprisingly...

I didn't panic.

Not because it didn't hurt. It did.

But by then, I had started becoming clearer about who I was, what I wanted to talk about, and where I was headed.

As my path became clearer to me, it also became clearer to some people that whatever initially attracted them to my page wasn't all there was to me.

And that's okay.

Not everyone is meant to go with you on every stage of your journey.

What looked like a loss was really a filter.

The people who left made room for the people who genuinely connect with my content, my values, my experiences, and the things I'm building.

And for that, I'm grateful.

The beautiful thing is that even now, almost every post brings someone new into this community.

Someone who resonates with motherhood, business, personal growth, building from scratch, life in Togo, or simply my perspective on life.

That reminds me that growth isn't always about bigger numbers.

Sometimes it's about finding the right people.

These days, I'm more excited about attracting people who genuinely connect with the real me than attracting large numbers through content that doesn't reflect who I am.

And for everyone who has chosen to stay, engage, and grow alongside me, thank you. ❤️

Penninah Patrick
GROWTH IS A PROCESS

17/09/2026

My truth!
I feel like I am speaking for a lot of us mom's here!

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