About forty years ago, his father and my mother were lovers: teenage sweethearts whose world was once full of promise. But life happened, and they went their separate ways. My …
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When The World Made Love Difficult For Me, I Turned To Find It
I’ve read stories about love so many times, both here and in books, and I often wonder when Cupid will finally aim an arrow at me. I want to love …
He Asked Me To Choose Between A Blood Covenant And My Virginity. I Chose Wrong.
My mother is the prayerful type. One thing she does not joke with is her midnight prayers. She goes to bed early, then wakes up a few minutes before midnight, …
The Love I Have For You Didn’t Die. It Was Rather Buried Alive
Dear James, We were both young when you said you loved me. You were only twenty-three but you looked like you could take on the world and win. I was …
It’s Okay If Your Wife Is Richer Than You
After two years of working in the company, rumors started swirling around that another daughter of the Company’s owner was coming back from abroad to work in the company. The …
The Black Spot In Our White Love Story
I usually don’t want to talk about our beginning. It’s the only black spot in our white story but we wouldn’t have been here without our beginning. If we run …
All It Takes is One Strong Woman
My wife just walked up to me on the sofa, raised my hand, put it around her neck, and lay down next to me. I’ve been on my phone for …
In My House, My Wife Is The Head
Every year during Christmas, I travel to visit my mother at Saltpond. The house my mom lived in was an open house where people in the vicinity comes to fetch …
Loving Each Other The Feminists Way
I didn’t call myself a feminist but right from the beginning I knew what I wanted from a romantic relationship and marriage. So when I met Gordon, I looked out …
What Does it Mean When A Man Tells You That You’re Clingy?
When Ebo proposed to me, I told him to leave me alone. He said, “How can I leave you alone when I love you this much?” I asked him, “How …
Why I Removed My Ring: Errr…Erm…It Was an Awful Night
I don’t receive calls while driving but this person kept calling and calling until I decided to stop by the roadside and answer the call. It was an old friend …
Why I Removed My Ring: I Wasn’t Who I Used To Be
When I got pregnant with my first son, everything about me started getting bigger. My nose, my cheeks, the flesh underneath my chin, my breast, my waist, my feet, and …