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Verastic

Authentic conversations about culture, motherhood, divorce, black excellence, humor, and style!

So … We Rushed Ada Verastic To The Emergency

Ad Verastic

My people, I almost had a heart attack. Let me tell you what happened! It was before Igwe traveled to Nigeria for a couple of weeks. On the night it happened, Igwe and Ada Verastic went to bed at about the same time, while I stayed up in the living room writing. It was past 1:00 AM, and I had just shut down my laptop when Igwe came out to the living room with Ada Verastic. He said she had woken up crying, so I told him to go back to bed while I fed her. I warmed her milk and attempted to feed Read More

4 Reasons Why Kim Kardashian Should In Fact Keynote BlogHer16

Kim Kardashian BlogHer16

Yesterday, BlogHer broke the blogging internet by telling us that Kim Kardashian will be keynoting the BlogHer16 conference next month. Honestly, my first reaction was ugh ... why Kim Kardashian? Two years ago, there was Kerry Washington, and last year, there was Ava DuVernay, and this year, my biggest excitement has been Mayim Bialik because ... Amy Farrah Fowler. But then I thought about it some more and I thought, hmmm, there's a lot I could learn from her actually. Kim is an incredibly Read More

Finally! The Video Of My Listen To Your Mother Reading

Listen To Your Mother Baltimore - Verastic

I've been looking forward to sharing the video of my Listen To Your Mother performance. It was in April of this year that I got the honor of reading about my mommy. The videos were supposed to be released last week, but due to all the violence (Alton Sterling, Philandro Cantille. and the cops in Dallas), they decided to hold off on releasing them. My piece was a humor piece about my mommy, called My Mommy Said. I was so happy that the audience found the humor in my piece; they laughed in all Read More

So I Attended The Season 3 Premiere Of Power

Season 3 Premiere of Power on Starz - Verastic

When Xfinity invited me to attend the Season 3 premiere of Power, I looked at the date and time and instantly decided that I was not going. Why? It was slated for July 12th and I knew that Igwe would still be in Nigeria, and the time was in the evening AND the event was in Washington D.C.  See, I have a thing with Washington D.C. where I'd just rather not go there because it's too much for me. Too many traffic lights; too narrow streets; too few parking spots. And to make it worse, the event was Read More

Dayquil Was Right … Moms Can’t Take A Sick Day

Dayquil Was Right … Moms Can’t Take A Sick Day

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Sweet Potatoes, let me start by apologizing for barely blogging last week. It's been hectic on my end. Igwe is currently out of the country, and the day he left was the day my body decided that it felt like having a cold. Like I mentioned in my last post, I was down with a cold. This isn't the first time Igwe has traveled and left me behind. Three years ago, he went to Nigeria twice, each time for exactly three months. It was hard, but I survived. This time, Read More

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