DIARY OF A CORPER — EPISODE 14: HOME IS BLISS Home is a strange place. When the world becomes too loud, when people misunderstand you, when work drains you, and when your heart grow s too heavy, home somehow reminds you that you are still someone’s child, still someone’s joy, still someone worth comforting. And honestly, I needed that comfort. I had been in Lagos for five days. Five days of not waking up early to prepare for work. Five days of not thinking about the draining life I had in Lokoja. Five days of not avoiding my friend. The problems had not disappeared completely. They still crossed my mind from time to time, but now there was something stronger around me. Love. The kind that came from home. Femi still called occasionally to check up on me, and after I told him I had come home, he insisted on visiting. After much pressure, I gave him my address, and he promised to stop by that day. I was in the kitchen when my phone rang. It was Femi. I had already started wondering ...