{"id":12162,"date":"2016-04-13T03:12:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T07:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=12162"},"modified":"2024-02-27T21:55:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T23:42:37","slug":"journal-15-march-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/personal\/journal-15-march-2016.html","title":{"rendered":"Journal #15: March 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to April.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12169\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Journal.jpg\" alt=\"Journal - Verastic\" width=\"750\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Journal.jpg 750w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Journal-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first quarter of the year is officially over. \u00a0How did you do? Well, I&#8217;ll tell you how I did. In the month of March, I did a few things. My favorite thing that I did was the launch of my t-shirt shop. This is because I have been wanting to do this for YEARS. I have been postponing \u00a0it and finding reasons to not do it, but I finally did it. In spite of all the reasons I gave myself not to do it, I still did it anyway. It&#8217;s available in size small to extra, extra large, and shipping is free within the United States. [And for those who have ordered their t-shirts, please share a picture, so I can reshare. Pretty please!] Click the shirt to add to cart.<\/p>\n<div data-embed_type=\"product\" data-shop=\"verastic.myshopify.com\" data-product_name=\"Continent Africa Tee\" data-product_handle=\"continent-africa-tee\" data-has_image=\"true\" data-display_size=\"compact\" data-redirect_to=\"modal\" data-buy_button_text=\"Add to cart\" data-buy_button_out_of_stock_text=\"Out of Stock\" data-buy_button_product_unavailable_text=\"Unavailable\" data-button_background_color=\"f7286d\" data-button_text_color=\"ffffff\" data-product_modal=\"true\" data-product_title_color=\"000000\" data-next_page_button_text=\"Next page\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ndocument.getElementById('ShopifyEmbedScript') || document.write('<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/widgets.shopifyapps.com\/assets\/widgets\/embed\/client.js\" id=\"ShopifyEmbedScript\"><\\\/script>');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.myshopify.com\/cart\/16553697030:1\" target=\"_blank\">Buy Continent Africa Tee<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In the month of March, I also attended my first Listen To Your Mother rehearsal. I was really, really looking forward to this rehearsal and when I finally met the other ladies, I was blown away. I wondered why exactly I was picked for this show. My cast mates&#8217; stories are much more phenomenal and deep and thought-provoking than mine. What in the world was I doing among these women? That was what I kept thinking. Still, I am honored to be a part of them. You can read <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/verastic.com\/personal\/omg-im-in-the-cast-of-listen-to-your-mother.html\" target=\"_blank\">my post when I wrote of the being a part of the Listen To Your Mother show in Baltimore<\/a><\/strong>. If you are in the DMV area, please come out and support your Chief Sweet Potato. Purchase tickets <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.listentoyourmothershow.com\/baltimore\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>. And yes, my wig was silver\/grey\/platinum. I was feeling like Storm&#8217;s cousin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12167\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Listen-To-Your-Mother-Baltimore.jpg\" alt=\"Listen To Your Mother - Baltimore\" width=\"750\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Listen-To-Your-Mother-Baltimore.jpg 750w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Listen-To-Your-Mother-Baltimore-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our god-daughter, Amaka, turned one in the month of March. It feels like it was just yesterday that we became godparents and now she&#8217;s one. She did what most one year olds do on their birthday: she cried the whole day. I mean the whole. She didn&#8217;t even let anyone hold her.<\/p>\n<p>In the month of March, I announced that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/verastic.com\/fb\/soooo-verastic-rebranding.html\" target=\"_blank\">I will be accepting guest posts on Verastic<\/a><\/strong> on a trial basis (meaning that if I try it and don&#8217;t like it, I reserve my right to stop trying it). But Sweet Potatoes, please help me out here. I took my time to type up a whole page about how to write for Verastic. In this page, I included the tone\/voice that I want you to write in. Still, I&#8217;m receiving entries that are speaking in a different language from what I asked for. I have had to regretfully turn these entries down. Biko, na beg I dey beg you, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/verastic.com\/write-for-verastic\" target=\"_blank\">read the guidelines<\/a><\/strong>, if you choose to join me here.<\/p>\n<p>So, I think that&#8217;s all for my March. I feel like I&#8217;m forgetting something, but I cannot figure out what that something is. How was March for you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> I&#8217;m preparing to send out my monthly Sweet Potato message, so if you haven&#8217;t yet, please subscribe below. This subscription is totally different from subscribing to blog posts. If you have never received a Sweet Potato mail from me, then you are not subscribed. 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