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Verastic

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But Why Is Chick-fil-A So Good?

why is chick-fil-a so good

An incredible thing has happened. I am on my blog, writing about Chick-fil-A, and asking why Chick-fil-A is so good, I am not being funny. Let me tell you how we came to be where we are right now. Let's rewind to before I started asking why Chick-fil-A is so good. My earliest memories of Chick-fil-A was when Uju and I were in college, and neither of us knew what Chick-fil-A was or what their food tasted like. In fact, I remember we mispronounced the name as Chick-ah-fil, which in retrospect was Read More

Can Women Be Divorced And Happy?

Can Women Be Divorced and Happy - Verastic - I Am African Podcast

Can women actually be divorced and happy? For some reason, being divorced and happy, especially for a woman, seems like it's mutually exclusive. I will not make the claim that all women are divorced and happy, but I can confidently say that any woman who gets divorced for the right reasons can be - and most likely is - divorced and happy. Our culture abhors divorce. Our culture also abhors a free-thinking, independent woman because she is seen as rebellious and unsubmissive. You already know my Read More

How To Use Your Talents For God

Vera Ezimora How to Use Your Talents for God

How does one use their talents for God? Do you know? I have personally struggled with this one since I became aware of it. I was born and raised a Christian, so for me, the bible has answers to everything. Honestly, sometimes, the bible leaves me with more questions than answers and I don't know if it's because I'm being too logical or if my faith is even smaller than a mustard seed. Still, I have always pondered: how do you use tour talents for God? What is Talent anyway?  The dictionary Read More

6 Questions I Stopped Asking After My Marriage Ended

6 Questions I Stopped Asking After My Marriage Ended

It probably goes without saying that after my marriage ended, my views evolved or completely changed on a lot of things.  On last week's episode of the I Am African Podcast, I asked my guest, Ruth Marimo, how anyone could cope with not being included or invited after they make a drastic change in their lives. She told me that while one will lose some loved ones, that one will also gain new, relevant people. She proceeded to ask me if I had met more divorced people or people with marital Read More

Emotional Resilience: How To Deal With Not Being Included

Emotional Resilience: How To Deal With Not Being Included

"Vera, you're so strong!" I've practically heard this for as long as I can remember. I heard it most when I left my marriage. People congratulated me for being so strong, for having the audacity to walk out of a marriage that was trampling me and robbing me of my peace. I did not understand why I was being congratulated. Should one not always leave a situation that is bad for them? But that's by the way. To be strong, one has to be emotionally resilient.  Some people are strong because Read More

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