We were getting along just fine, a stranger who walked into my life one day and decided to make me part of his life. He would call first thing in the morning and last thing at night. He told me I was the most beautiful woman he’d ever approached and didn’t get embarrassed saying it….
I called her “Mom.” She told me she was too young for me to call her that, so I should call her by her name. It was hard because I’d been raised to accord people respect. When I called her “Mom,” she told me I was rather disrespecting her because I wasn’t doing what she…
Two months after marriage, he cheated on me with his ex. I didn’t go looking for the truth; it was his ex who reached out to me with evidence because the two of them had had a fight. I defended my husband and insulted his ex. Not because I didn’t trust her evidence, but because…
That morning, he went out to get breakfast for me before leaving for work. While he was gone, something, spirit, instinct, call it what you want, nudged me. I don’t know what it was, but I listened. That was the first time in my life I had ever done such a thing. My intention was…
Last year, my life took a terrible turn, both financially and in love. It has been over six months, and I am nowhere close to healing. Honestly, I do not know if I ever truly will. My work takes me from place to place, and that is how I met her. I met Yayra in…
Last year, my life took a terrible turn, both financially and in love. It has been over six months, and I am nowhere close to healing. Honestly, I do not know if I ever truly will. My work takes me from place to place, and that is how I met her. I met Yayra in…
When we were just lovers, I caught him cheating on me with a white lady. It wasn’t hearsay; it was something I found out with my own eyes. I had gone to his place to visit when I realized his door was locked, but there was music playing in the room. I knocked and knocked,…
My girlfriend lives with me because she hit a hard patch with her rent. She lost her job along the line and for a whole year she didn’t have a job. I was the one taking care of her until her rent expired. By then, she had gotten a job, but there were no savings…
My marriage became very boring and routine, and the sad thing was, both of us did nothing to bring a spark to the marriage. I did something from the beginning. I tried to bring back some of the things we did while we were dating, but anytime I suggested an outing or talked about fun…
He came to my mother’s shop one evening to buy something, and while I attended to him we had a good conversation. When he returned the next day we talked again, and that was how he took my number. Something so ordinary became the beginning of a friendship. We started talking every day. He would…