Years ago, one of my sisters saw a guy in the train, asked "are you Ekene's friend?" the guy said “yes” and they became friends. Fast forward to Wednesday night, I was on the train ride home when I saw the most beautiful man. Tall, dark chocolate skin and a great body. Tall! He was laughing at whatever his friend was telling him while I watched. Chai, I was in awe. I didn't remove my eyes from this guy. I couldn't. I didn't pretend to be on my phone. I didn’t bring out the book I had to appear intelligent. I just continued to stare. Eventually, his friend got off … [Read more...]
Happy 60th Mommybaby!!
Today, 60 years ago, the Angels stood still and watched as God created (and then deposited into earth) a woman I am blessed to call my mother! While there are many events in my life that remind me of why this woman is the most remarkable and amazing person in the world, I will like to share this one: December 2009, one of my cousins was going back to Naija with her twin boys (in their trouble 2 stage) and needed help with them. I was jobless and it was a chance to go home after 5 years FOR FREE, so I jumped on it. After hours of chasing 2 2-year old boys around JFK, … [Read more...]