Debby stood in front of the dressing mirror, adjusting her gele for what felt like the hundredth time. She wasn’t even looking at her reflection anymore, she was just trying to stay busy, to distract herself from the chaos in her chest. Today was her best friend Chisom’s wedding, and Debby was the best lady. […]
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My face lit up with joy and a wide grin revealing my missing dentition as I gazed up at the tall figure before me. He held a tray balanced with three plates, each covered with another plate. With a warm smile, he handed me one of the plates. I scurried off excitedly to join my
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So Time heals… But for how long? Time heals everything, they say. But no one speaks of what happened during that time. Everyone says it’ll pass. Everyone says it will be okay in the end. Perhaps it will, but right now, it is the greatest pain I’ve ever endured. Loving someone, and I mean loving
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My mother was a little psycho. She had a good heart, and to the outside world, she was a wonderful human being. People respected her for her profession and for the humble woman that she was. But she was the opposite of me, her daughter. She never liked to take any kind of responsibility at
PERDITION IT’S JUST SO BAD FOR SOME PEOPLE What happens when your knuckles are too frail to return fate’s hard punches? Do you surrender your slouched self to the pains or muster all the strength and courage left in you to fight back? Well, I can tell you, it’s not as easy as it is
I tried combing my hair with fears gnawing at me and as expected, they came out in clumps again. With my hands dropped down, I looked at myself in the mirror as I stood lost in hope. I choked up and became all emotional. It was my shave day after chemo treatments. Hands down, I
I threw myself back allowing the stream of water to hit my face, followed by a peal of a familiar boyish laughter. I squealed as glee ran across my face. Now it seemed like we were hundreds of miles away from home and had made our plans the night before. Like we did in the
I remember that I loved to climb trees. I’d climb as high as the branches allowed. And I loved spending time at the creek near home — playing in the cold water with Bobo, watching as well as trying to catch fish with my hands, and chasing the butterflies and dragonflies. I’d ride my bike
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Time heals everything, they say. But no one speaks of what happens during that time. Everyone says it’ll pass. Everyone says it will be okay in the end. Perhaps it will, but right now, it is the greatest pain I’ve ever endured. Loving someone, and I mean loving someone won’t level off. What I mean
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Some wounds never heal, we just get used to them. We just learn to live with them and they matter less, but they’re there. It was a huge sadness that I had to overcome. It hurts. It hurts like I’m dying thousands of times every time I think about the day when I have to
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