ITOHAN
If you see the food I am eating right now ehn! Off-your-cloth-delicacy. You know, the type you see outside and you tell them to pack it as take away for you because you can’t eat it in front of people… Continue Reading
PART 3
There’s this place that I buy Jelly beans. Every. Single. Day. It’s not too far from where I pick up my (also daily) roasted corn and ube order. Now, I live a life of health and purity but this jelly… Continue Reading
October 2nd (Part 2)
For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted two things more than anything else in the world. My own home and my own family. I don’t know how long ago this need started but I think it was before… Continue Reading
The 2nd of October (Part 1)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. No phrase better describes this period in my life, two years ago. I was scared and alone. Isolated, almost. Not by any one’s choice, but because even the… Continue Reading
Countdown…
Disclaimer: I wrote this two weeks ago. The day I was supposed to do the final editing and release, I was admitted to the hospital in the most dramatic circumstances, it was about five minutes away from being a Nigerian… Continue Reading
Becoming Mom-E Birthday Edition
Today is my birthday. I know this has been overshadowed by the diplomatic crisis that is the interview given by national treasure and she-of-the-perfect-eyebrows, Tiwa Savage. It is my hope, that every Nigerian has now watched this interview. As anything… Continue Reading
Becoming Mom-E
This is a series about my pregnancy and the birth of my child. It is my testimony. Listen and be blessed 😀 (I tried. I wanted to be serious. I failed.) I used to think it was a Nigerian… Continue Reading
SWEET MOTHER
Ummmmm….so yah. I can’t lie. I am over my wedding. I have tried to share the experiences but I am kind of like, no longer interested like that. What I will do, is write about it whenever there is something… Continue Reading
FOR SURE
So, that is how, yesterday I heard a soft snore. No, I was not alone. I was at a spa and the person in the ‘room’ made from the dividing curtain next to mine had fallen asleep. Not just any… Continue Reading
The Proposal
I jump as everything crashes, clanging unto the tile floor of this oh-so-questionable bathroom. In my mind, bathrooms should be either brand new or demolished. There is no room in the world for old bathrooms…they just look…somehow. I am searching… Continue Reading