I have a photo in my gallery dated January 3rd. It’s a picture of my vision board. I titled it: 2022 — Game Changer Year, and included images of things I wanted to accomplish that year. …

I have had a very eventful week and I thought to document some of the things I learned. As I grow older I have come to value experiences over theoretical knowledge, and this week reminded me why. I met my boss, Peace Itimi for the first time on the 29th…

the first time they meet, halima hopes their relationship would be forgettable. (here’s a spoiler: she is wrong.) “nice to meet you!” moremi musters, with all her charming first-year enthusiasm. halima turns towards the door and takes in her appearance. she is . . . cute — a small bisque…

No he escrito en español por un largo tiempo. No costaba mucho hacerlo cuando estaba en el liceo secundario y ahora, después de muchos años me he dado cuento que mi español es pésimo. …

six months old on a bed, pillows propped around to prevent you from rolling down and hitting your head on the cold floor, rendering all efforts to keep you alive useless. object permanence. friendly faces. toys. a baby sister that steals attention, peaceful and small in ways you cannot be…

My boss is one of the nicest people I’ve worked with. I feel valued and appreciated by her. Our work environment is great, and we extend a lot of grace to each other. …

A first kiss is a cliché. Truth or dare games and red cups. It has to be you, because no one else in the room twists my organs as deliciously as you do. I lean in, tentative, the room falls silent. It only takes a split second, a soft brush…

in this land, every person that dies was killed by someone else. no one wakes up in the morning, takes a piss and dies. unless the person has kissed the lips of old age. outside, i watch my aunt stare into space. she’s holding a colony of palm fronds, with…

I finished my End of the Year Review yesterday, but I couldn’t post it, because for some reason it felt cold: like a scientific recollection of everything I had felt about 2021. I hated it even more when I read the review I wrote for 2020, which came from a…