Posted inDear Diary Real Talk
I am a Woman and I am Scared
Blessing Olusegun. Sarah Everard. The thoughts that come to mind when I say their names... Horrible. Scary. Why her? Could it have been me? My blood runs cold because it…
Posted inDear Diary Poetry Real Talk
Ode to Mothers on Mother’s Day
Truly I tell you Motherhood has to be the single most hardest, yet rewarding roles undertaken. I’m no Mother, but I am arguably a fruit reaped from the Mothering I…
Posted inPoetry
Melanin in this Skin
Do you know what it’s like to have melanin in your skin? To be degraded and labelled as “less than”? To be sidelined, bullied and harassed? For some people, these…
Posted inCounselling and Self-Love
CB: Our Parents are Human Too
Forgiving our parents is a real thing that comes with age. How many of us used to think our parents were perfect? Or knew everything? Or even that they got…
Posted inFaith Life
Singleness in Church
Anyone else feel like being single in church is an almost-sin? I swear it’s treated like a disease we need to be cured from or something. Now I know a…
Posted inPoetry
To Be Loved
What a funny notion it is, to be loved What an interesting notion it is, to be loved What a fanatical notion it is, to be loved What is love?…
Posted inCounselling and Self-Love
CB: I Don’t Know What That Means!
Anyone else become completely stumped when it comes to figuring out if someone likes you? Am I all alone on this confused hill of mine? With my counsellor, I have…
Posted inPoetry
How You Make Me Feel
My favourite thing about you is definitely your smile and second is your laugh - what a blesséd sound To be able to look at you and see the authenticity…
Posted inCounselling and Self-Love
CB: Giving Grace, Having Patience
Another session has passed and boy... This was one to process. I will always be an advocate of counselling and I am happy to spew all the benefits that come…
Posted inFaith Life
Church Hurt- Bible College Edition
How does one even begin? I'll be honest, this has taken a good while to process and there is still a ways to go. But I've definitely come a long…