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January 2, 2019

20 Lessons I Learned In 2018

Happy New Year, Sweet Potatoes! It feels like it was only a few months ago that I was writing a similar post for 2017, but now we're in 2019. About four months ago, I started taking notes on my phone about the lessons I have learned in 2018, but in order to properly tell you today's story, I had to go back and read the lessons I learned from 2017, and reading them just had me in awe. It's only been 12 months since I wrote that post, but my God, I am in such a different place. Also, I have Read More

December 27, 2018

The Manny Posts #2: Have I Ever Been Cheated On?

If this is your first time reading a story from The Manny Posts series, then you might want to start by first reading about Manny HERE. Then you can read the first Manny post HERE. Writing Prompt: Have you ever been cheated on? Ahhhh. Yes. Let me tell you all about it. If I did not have this writing prompt, this story would have alternatively been titled: Let Me Tell About When I Was Cheated On. I suppose I can still tag it as such. So, the year was 2007. I was dating a Yoruba demon guy, Read More

December 19, 2018

Let Me Tell You About My Single Friend, Kay (And How You Women Are The Problem)

Sweet Potatoes, get in here. This is my friend, Kay - short for Kayode - and he is single. Why does it matter that he's single? Or why am I introducing him and his marital status? Well, let me tell you why. A couple weeks ago, I, Kay, and Funmie hung out. We went to Suya Spot in Owings Mills. It was my first time there, but I'll definitely visit again. Anyway, we ate and drank and laughed, and at some point, I decided to go into Inquisitive-Vera-Mode and ask Kay why he was Read More

November 28, 2018

The Girl Is Thankful For Peace

The girl is me. Hello there. Vera here. This was supposed to be a Thanksgiving Day post. I've been in America for a very long time - maybe even too long - and I have never really given too much thought to Thanksgiving Day. I mean, I'm usually thankful for a lot, but the formality of Thanksgiving Day has never really, really sunk in. And this year wasn't any different until the Sunday before Thanksgiving. I was in church and the Pastor was concluding the three-week long Thanksgiving Read More

August 24, 2018

The Manny Posts #1: My Most Memorable Experience In A Hotel

This is the first post in the new series I introduced a while back. It's called The Manny Posts. So if you're reading this post and wondering what I'm going on about, here's a short summary: I wrote a post about having writer's block, and my Sweet Potato, Manny bought me a journal with 300 writing prompts. I have decided to share my thoughts in the journal on here with you. These posts will be called The Manny Posts, and you can read the original post here. The journal has 300 writing Read More

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