When I was a kid, I heard about Christmas, but I didn’t know what it looked or felt like. Early in January, when school reopened, I would walk down the …
At the beginning of this year, I started a relationship with a woman I really liked. When you like someone it shows in the way you treat them. You care …
I recently came out of a toxic marriage after a year of back and forth when it came to our separation. My wife did everything to show she didn’t want …
It started with one comment on the internet. I had written something under a post and it caught Kwame’s attention. He came to respond to my comment, and the connection …
My boyfriend travelled abroad last year. He didn’t have the money so it became a shared responsibility between me and him. He loved me and he let it show. For …
It took me twenty-two years to finally connect with my dad’s family. Growing up, I was fatherless. I kept asking my mother questions. “Where is my father?” “Where is his …
I was only thirteen when my father tried to marry me off. My aunt had convinced him that there was no need to educate a girlchild, and he believed her. …
My girlfriend was on her way to visit me when she had an accident. It was almost a four-hour journey, but she made it twice a month without complaining. We …
My mom was diabetic. She managed it gracefully. She didn’t eat what doctors said she shouldn’t eat. She didn’t drink anything that wasn’t in consonant with her situation. She visited …
