Relationships
Do Not Marry a Politician and Other Kitchen Table Things
I’ve long been taught that the appearance of a good marriage, not a good marriage necessarily, is the ultimate goal.
Montana Boys
We were all looking for the exceptions; all of us. Our conversations about white people had by now become banal.
Scabies Taught Me Social Distancing Doesn’t Mean Disconnection
I wasn’t alone in this experience that had made me feel so isolated, so removed from everyone.
After Divorce at Twenty-Four, Lizzo Taught Me to Love Myself Again
“Juice” had the type of lyrics that forced me out of my solitude, whether I wanted to be out of it or not.
What I Learned By Wearing My Mother’s Clothes
Sharing clothes feels like sharing a secret, the same way being someone’s child does.
On OCD, My Mother, and the Ways I Learned to Let Go
It goes like this: sit with the thought, don’t move your fingers, arms, legs, let it enter you, let it stay, let it leave.
Finding My Freedom Within Marriage and Motherhood
Navigating the burdens of expectation as a married woman in Nigeria
How Human Kindness Helps Us Weather the Storms
Natural disasters have a terrible way of reminding us of our capacity for kindness, acting like a yardstick for our collective empathy or apathy.
The Distinct Anxiety of Interracial Dating
“The reality is that training wheels aren’t meant to last. They exist to be discarded after use.”
Working Through the Constipations of Marriage
Beyond love and compatibility, you have to commit to getting through all the joys and struggles that happen . . . enema-rriage.