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Sweet Potatoes! If you are a regular Sweet Potato, then you'd have probably noticed the embarrassing scarcity of new posts in the past few weeks. Please forgive me. I typically don't like to come here and give you half-news, unless I really, really have to. So I apologize for the half-news I'm about to deliver to you today, but I just need to explain my absence a bit. Half-news = news that says something like, "I'm working on something, but I can't tell you about it yet ..." The Read More
It's true, I stopped using deodorant. In an episode of Verastic Life - I don't remember which episode now - I had mentioned that I had a boil in my armpit. Gross, I know, but bear with me. It was not the first time I had a boil there, but it was the first time that the boil was so big and painful. Usually, I'd have a pimple-sized boil once in a blue moon, and it would give me no trouble at all and would clear up by itself in a fear days. Not this time. This one was so painful, and it took its Read More
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of BB&T. All opinions are 100% mine. I remember 16 years ago when I got my first email address and I was so ecstatic. It was not just that I got an email address, but that my email inbox knew me. Every time I logged on, it would say, "Welcome Vera" in an authoritative, yet friendly female voice. I felt like she knew me. It felt very personal. And now, in my Gmail account, it's such a personal space for me. Sure, it's personal anyway because Read More
First-time moms and their first-time concerns. I have mentioned before that I don't know if there are fewer concerns by the time you're on Baby #2 or if the concerns continue anyway, but in my case, this is my first time for everything motherhood. Ada Verastic is 16 months now, and in addition to her eating habits, I also constantly worry if I'm teaching her enough. I get so excited when she demonstrates something I've taught her, like when I ask her to show me her head Read More
Happy New Month of March!!! Verastic Life is here. I promised you that I won't be doing away with the series, and I am here to deliver. Episode 21 is out, and in this episode of Verastic Life, I made a rookie mom mistake, but you'll have to watch to find out what it is. Also, 'No' is a complete sentence, and in this episode, it's coming from an unlikely source. Go watch. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE. SUBSCRIBE HERE. Read More
