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Humiliated

One of the most humiliating occurences in my life would be going through domestic violence. It's confusing, frustrating, and just an ugly thing to ever deal with. One of the hardest things I had to deal with is not having anyone to talk to during the time. Nobody that understood. Nobody that said, "This is abuse." "This is costing you your life." My first "serious" relationship was with someone who was much older than me when I was around 15-16. He wanted me to financially fund his dreams and put my dreams on the line for him. I look back and see so many issues with his family, his actions and words towards me, and the state of delirium that he left me in. I never told his family that he choked me for $20. I never told anyone that he tried to boil my face in water for "having another man in the house". I kept it all inside. I cried alone. I sulked on my own. It was a tedious process trying to heal from that relationship. In my mind, I wanted ...

New Product

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I just got this product and I'm adding it to my routine of hair care. It's not really a grease or a cream, but more of a hairdresser. You can use it on your scalp and hair, so I'll be adding chebe to it. My hair is still in braids from Africa, but I'll be taking them out sometime in November. Honestly, my hair grows alot when I get weave, so we'll see the growth when I take these out. I'm excited to start playing in my hair again.

All A's in My Classes

I am almost done getting my Bachelors! Just two more semesters! Since getting back from Africa, I have been so down and depressed. I don't know why. I feel like, truly, I am not and have not done anything with my life. The feeling is so overwhelming. I haven't been reading my books, going to the library, or going out to educational events. I am so overwhelmed with sadness. I've been wanting to write in my blog but didn't know what to say. Some moments I wanted to delete this blog, despite how far it has come. I'm going to vacuum a little tonight and clean up. There's this author event that's coming up on the 26th that I'd love to go to, if I have the energy. So far, this blog has grown to 1,000 reads a month (sometimes more). I am so grateful for a place to be me. Something that I don't have in this world. Today I woke up feeling like everyone hates me. I don't know why. Although, writing in this blog helps alot with those feelings. I have to kee...

Kola 🌷

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Colorism Epidemic in Egypt

While visiting Africa, I found out how easy it is to lie. To pretend. To live a life that's not true through pictures, videos, and captions... From my instagram, many people dm'ed me assuming I was having a good time in Africa. One of my childhood friends even said "Africa must be a dream". All in all, I left Africa feeling traumatized, tired, and unheard. In reality, my blog is all I have to express myself because nobody cares for the problems that take over Africa. When I landed in Abuja Nigeria, I was completely overhwhelmed. I saw things in Nigeria I wouldn't wish on another human being's eyes. I would never. I saw children being trafficked, the disabled suffering greatly with no resources, and so much hopelessness. Hopelessness. Despair. Desperation. I saw hurt. I was so overwhelmed by what I saw that I couldn't stop crying the first days I was in Nigeria. If someone would've told me it would be like this, I don't believe I would've wanted...

Back to Jersey

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I will write more about my travels when I come back!

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