While thinking about all that I have to be thankful for, this song came to mind: This song was written by the worship and multicultural ministries pastor at my church and he’s the one singing in the video above. The song doesn’t sound like it usually does because at church there are a ton of [...]
(This is kind of a continuation of What’s in a name?.) When my parents were deciding what to name the precious daughter that turned out to be me, my mom told me they decided to give me a Yoruba first name so that I would always have a tie to my heritage, no matter where [...]
Get home from your parents’ house at almost 2:00 in the morning. Remember that you don’t have a placard. Also remember you meant to buy bristol board but didn’t. Go to the kitchen to warm up your homemade pot of turkey soup so that it doesn’t spoil. Notice that you have a shallow cardboard box. [...]
You can’t go anywhere on blogville without hearing about the Occupy Nigeria movement that was sparked by the fuel subsidy removal, leading to more than doubling of fuel prices overnight (among other things). I want to talk about how this particular issue touches me from the perspective of a Nigerian who was raised in diaspora [...]
In my first entry this year I shared my goal to blog twice a week. It’s been nine days since that post and I’m just updating! I deserve your boos and jeers, so bring it on! ;) I’m really excited about what 2012 has in store for all of us. The sermon at church last [...]
Happy New Year! Thank God we made it to 2012. It’s easy to forget that not everyone who was looking forward to this year will get to experience it so I already feel blessed. I hope you’re thankful for your life and excited about a fresh new year and all that can be accomplished in [...]
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