Taken to a height my strength cannot handle. 33,000 feet suspended in the air not sure if it is my will or His. I’m there for about 50 minutes where I need to choose but choose right… I took a work trip to my state. One of my friends called…

At a very significant period in my life, I understood the value of tears. I call it a significant period because it was the time I started my life as a full-fledged adult. I moved out of my father’s house to make dreams come through but I didn’t know how…

The journey started with a depletion on the inside. I could feel I was wearing off like a candle wick that was burning with no pause. It got deeper and it started to reflect in my words. “Please, I’m tired”, or “I’m going to be tired”. …

Head on my pillow facing my white ceiling, my mind is present in many locations; I can’t sleep. First 20 seconds I’m thinking about the meals I need to prepare for the week. Next 30 seconds I’m wondering where I’ll buy the desired sumptuous ingredients. Further down 45 seconds more…

There’s a fascination I have towards “the return of the dead”. Whenever I read about it, I smile for the reason that it tickles. It tickles considering I bear a part of someone that used to be… Someone close to me asked recently, “what would you say is your value…

I finally cried. I released all the emotions I had pent-up over the past few days. I attempted a mental summation of all the events with the 2020 timestamp. I considered the range of human experiences undergone, and how we arrived at this point… I thought about how I screamed…

As a 26 year old, the question, “Are you married or engaged? Are you in a relationship?” has been asked more times than it has all my life. Interestingly, this is normal as it’s the question that should be directed to a 26-year-old Nigerian female. I should even be thankful…

My therapist made me understand some time ago that the environments we grew up in contribute largely to our individual psychologies. The things that our parents did or did not do, to a considerable degree has affected our thoughts, decision-making and general mental state. …

My adult self resented me for a while but had to forgive me for all those years I refused to listen to my parents. Those years I didn’t regard what they said because I didn’t think their words were valid enough for me to listen to. …