Recklessly authentic.
You guys, my baby is a full blown toddler oh! and I'm not understanding how this happened. I still refer to myself as a "new mom" because that is exactly what I feel like. Meanwhile, some people who had babies around the time I did (and even after I did) have already had second babies. Yet, here I am still feeling like a new mom. It feels like only yesterday I was on here telling you guys that Igwe and I were expecting a baby. And I remember some of you thought it was a belated April Read More
If you read the title of this post and thought, hmm, I think I've read this before, then you are right. It's a story I wrote over two years old, however, there are new Sweet Potatoes who have never heard about the wonder that is Tolu, so I'm sharing her story again because no one should be denied of Tolu. And even if you have read about her before, today is Friday, and everyone needs a laugh, so read on. I remembered Tolu because I and a friend were discussing office etiquettes for Africans, and Read More
This thing has been bothering me forever, and I cannot take it anymore. I am here to vent and ask questions that keep me awake at night. As you know, I just returned from Houston, which means that I was at the airport, and I was peeing in the bathroom, and I saw things. First of all, I consider any bathroom that isn't in my house or in someone's house a public bathroom. Airports. Hotels. Restaurants, etc. I won't mention any names, but there are also people whose bathrooms in their Read More
You know that I argue with myself a lot, right? If you knew half the conversations that go on in my head, you might stop reading this blog --- and maybe even sign a petition to have me committed. There are certain words that although innocent just sound dirty, and those three in the title are exactly what I'm talking about today. This reminds me of my 2009 post about ice cream. I was trying to decide the proper way to describe what you're doing to ice cream. Do you eat it, lick it, Read More
First of all, I want to say that my thoughts and prayers are with people who were affected by the senseless gun violence and terrorist attack in Las Vegas. I am so, so sorry. I wish my thoughts could undo the hurt that has been done. I cannot imagine the pain you are growing through. I am truly sorry and heartbroken. ______________________________________________________________________________ We are back from Houston. We came home early yesterday morning, or should I say late Monday night? Read More
