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Happy New Year, Sweet Potatoes!! *waving frantically* We don enter New Year again oh. I thank the Lord for keeping us all. And I thank every one of you for coming along with me on this journey. As I mentioned in yesterday's goodbye post, I spent the night in church with God. Well, I didn't spend the entire night in church, but I entered the new year in church. This is just a short post to officially say Happy New Year to you. Stay blessed, and please, be safe. P.S. Thie Read More
This is officially my last post for 2016! How was 2016 for you? For me, 2016 was a very fulfilling year. It was also very expensive. Kai! Literally up until 29th, it has felt like I have been attached to a money-sucking hose. The other day, Igwe and I had a family meeting where we sat down and looked back at 2016 and everything we did. We made a list of mistakes we made and lessons we learned and plans moving forward. Everything was written down because it's easy to forget or "misremember" Read More
Something crazy is happening to me, and although I have not discussed it with any moms, I have a feeling that I'm not alone. First of all, I want to mention that Ada Verastic is an incredibly blessed child, and I know I may be biased because I'm a wee bit related to her, but honestly, this kid is blessed. Although we did not find out her gender before we had her, it did not stop the flood of girl baby gifts from knocking us down when people finally found out that we had a girl. Also, she's 14 Read More
It's been a minute since I came back from Nigeria, but this is a story I have been meaning to share. The things I'll be writing about are not necessarily strange - at least, not to the average Nigerian in Nigeria - but what makes them strange for me is that prior to this trip, I had not been to Nigeria for 16 years, so it was strange (according to my mommy) that I loved these things so much. In no particular order, let me tell you about them. Perhaps, I'm not the only one who felt this way in Read More
Heartbreak!! That's what I suffered in this episode of Verastic Life because my baby had to take not one or two, but four shots! Ever since she was born, I have been crying every time she has to get injected, and OMG, she has had a lot. I didn't know babies had to take this many shots. And she grew a new tooth, too. Tooth number 7 made its debut, and it came with a fever. But unlike that first tooth and fever that sent us running to the emergency room, this time, we were prepared. I didn't even Read More
