With love, May.
I write about love, but I have learnt to critic even that which I love.
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365 days without You (opens the original)
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IF I MUST DIE (opens the original)
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I got a notification on someone’s note or article titled ‘When I die’ and that motivated me to write what I think would be a befitting series of events that should occur after my death.Disclaimer: I am nursing no feelings of looming death, so if I actually die next week or next month ( I can’t even afford to do that, I have waited all year for my birthday) this piece isn’t because I knew. I didn’t know abeg!🤲🏽Number One:I’ve always told my little sister to make
FOR JAMES, MY JAMES. (opens the original)
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(I recommend using your headphones)Yesterday was one of my best friends birthdayI don’t use the term ‘best friend’ loosely because there are just so many incredible people in my life and I cannot be forced to choose. But If we’re really pushing it, sometimes I think I have enough love to go around.Today I will be writing about my friend Emma. I call her James. Trust me, there’s no significant backstory —but if I must, one day from the second floor of our hostel, I looked at her on the ground flo
I am a Workaholic like my Father (opens the original)
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I am a workaholic like my Father.It is one of the things we have in common aside our height.You see when I was much younger, one of my biggest bones of contention with my Dad was his unhealthy prioritization of the Church he Pastored and his work so much that our family reeked of his absence. Everyone else needed him and we somehow came last in line.Of course things have gotten better since then. My Dad was being a Father in the only ways he knew how; paying bills and putting food on the table.
ON BEING A MEDITATIVE YAPPER (opens the original)
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