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May 19, 2016

Let Me Tell You How I Lost A $6,000 Contract Yesterday

I don't ideally write posts like this one, but I was so mad and so sad that I had to channel my emotions into a new blog post. So for the past couple of days, I have been going back and forth on a campaign for Verastic. The total payout would have been $6,000. At the current exchange rate of N340 per dollar, that would have been over two million naira. I was this close to closing the deal. This close. In fact, I had already calculated all the things I would do with my brand new six thousand Read More

May 11, 2016

Journal #16: April 2016

Welcome to May. April 2016, too, is now a thing of the past. How did your April go? I’m thinking that I did not do much in April, but we’ll know for sure by the end of this post. So let’s get to it: Listen To Your Mother: In the month of April, I attended my last rehearsal for this show, and in the week of the event, I was quite emotional. Then I went for the event, and honestly, I am still high from it. Standing there, telling my story and having people laugh and cheer and clap. Wow. Read More

May 9, 2016

Let Me Tell You About Chinasa, Our Neighbor Of Before-Before

Growing up, I had a cousin who lived with us in Jos. Well, actually, I had two cousins. But the one I want to talk about today is Nachi. Nachi's dad is my dad's immediate younger brother, and he (Nachi) is two years older than me, so we were pretty much like 5 and 6 when we were younger. Anyway, my dad's clinic wasn't in Jos; it was in Mangu, which was about 45 minutes away from us in Jos, so we were back and forth very frequently. At one point, we were renting a house in Mangu that was a Read More

May 8, 2016

It’s Mother’s Day, And I’m A Mommy

6:58 AM I was going to write about Mother's Day on Friday, and it was supposed to be scheduled to be published today, but I could not quite find the words. I started several posts with several titles, but it was not flowing, so I stopped and promised to do it on Saturday (yesterday). Yesterday, however, between making us a big breakfast and us driving to a wedding in Washington D.C (after dropping Ada Verastic with grandma), there just wasn't the time because as you know, after a big meal comes Read More

May 2, 2016

Video: Behind The Scenes Of The Listen To Your Mother Show

Listen To Your Mother Baltimore - Verastic

It's been a week since I was honored to speak at the Listen To Your Mother Show, and I can honestly say that I'm still very high from the event. I wish we could do this every weekend! Before the show started, my heart was pounding gbim gbim like it was going to jump out of my chest, but as soon as my name was called, I walked "majestically" to the podium. In fact, I stood up before my name was completely called. Igwe, Ada Verastic, Grandma, Aunt Chinelo, Aunt Ifeoma, Funmie, and Solachi Read More

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