In the course of our friendship, Agnes told me she had a little girl she was taking care of. “She is my sister’s daughter but I am the one responsible …

I was nineteen when I married Dan. He was twenty-two. In case you are wondering if it was a shotgun wedding, it was not. I was nowhere near pregnant. We …

He’s the one who initiated the divorce. I didn’t tell my parents. He did. When we were called, I said I wanted it to work. We had issues. It got …

Everything I need, he provides. I am not even using the term loosely. What I eat, what I drink, and even what I wear are all taken care of by …

How do you leave a man who is at his lowest without making him feel worse than he is already doing? This is my dilemma. It’s not as if I …

The very first day I met her I thought she was the one. She was mature in her actions and very articulate in her speech. I thought I could love …

I was single for three years after my last girlfriend broke my heart. When her best friend eventually proposed to her, she accepted it but kept me on the side. …

I am currently twenty-six and away from home. I am living in a foreign country. The plan was to hustle, make money, and further my education. All I wanted was a …

Dearest Afia, I am hoping this letter has found you on this day as you are celebrating your 35th birthday. May these confessions from my heart warm up yours. You know …

As I write this I am destitute. I am a third-year law student at the University of Jos, Nigeria. The university went on break in May and I had to …

If you haven’t read the first part of this story, here’s the link. Kindly read it before starting this one. She laughed about it. She thought I was joking until I …

I was ten or eleven or twelve when I saw a father holding the hand of his girl child to church. The mother was next to them while they talked …