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It can take up to a lifetime to build trust and only a second to destroy it. That was what happened between me and Funmie. Let me tell you the story. We were about 18 and 19 (I'm older). School was over for the day and Funmie came to my house. At that time, Funmie was the only one in our group who had a cell phone. It was a Panasonic phone from Sprint and I strangely still remember the ringtone. On that day, she came home with me to hang out. However, at some point, her dad started Read More
You guys!!! I've got a feel-good story for you. So, you know how I was having a hard time writing for a few months? And then I put up that post about having writer's block? Well, guess who came through for me? My very own Sweet Potato, Manny! I was there jejely minding my business when she sent me an email saying she bought me a journal that she hopes will help with my writer's block. I gave her my address and few days later, the best book ever appeared in my mailbox. It's a journal Read More
Years ago, a boy liked me. He would later come to be known as Soldier Boy in my life. Let me tell you about him. I met Soldier Boy when a friend of mine graduated from high school. So, yes, I, too, was a teenager then. I believe I was 18 to be exact. Another friend of hers whom I had never met before this day was also there. After the ceremony, the plan was to go back to this friend's house, and I agreed. My friend was from Cameroon, and her friend was from Ghana. My friend's friend lived Read More
Although I have always known this, I am now more mature and able to appreciate it more: I have great people in my life. No, really, I am blessed. One of my blessings is my Aunt, Chinelo. Aunt Chinelo has been my favorite aunt since I was a toddler. I still remember when she was in college (University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria), and I used to be her pet. She would take me to go visit her friend, Aunt Nkem who lived close to us, and Aunt Nkem would walk us back home, and we'd walk Aunt Nkem Read More
My people, my 2018 is looking like it's going to be my best year yet. It looks like money is going to be chasing me in 2018 and I will have a lot more than I can possibly spend, and it's all thanks to my Nigerian Pepper Soup. Let me tell you all about it. So, my friend, Uto was pregnant and due on December 27th 2017. I had originally predicted that baby would come on Christmas Day because I just thought it'd be cute to have a baby on Jesus's fake birthday (you do know that Jesus wasn't Read More
