Lately I have been wrestling with accepting things as they are. Not as I think they ought to be. Or how I think they might have been if I made a certain decision in an alternative universe. But rather as they as...at face value. The notion of accepting what is came to me when I…
Sometimes we associate fear with things we deem as bad. Fearing of losing loved ones. Fear of being alone. Fear of failure. But do you ever feel fearful about things that are good? I know I do. I was recently watching a video from a YouTuber that I just got into and she mentioned this.…
There are no words for what these past few weeks have been, except — a rollercoaster. It's been a social upheaval rollercoaster filled with wins and losses. An emotional rollercoaster as I grieved the senseless and unjust deaths of Black women and men, meanwhile, I celebrated the beauty of my heritage—being African, Nigerian, Afro-American. A…
April was not easy. Easy is hardly a word that simply slips off the tongue during these unprecedented times. I wrestled with loneliness during April. I wrestled with restlessness over how long this global lockdown will last. I wrestled with anger and confusion over what is going on in our world. I wrestled with doubt in…
