Dec 26, 201910 minThe Shift: Final Part“Don’t eat anything after midnight and make sure you have your bath before midnight.” The nurses said to me as they were preparing me menta
Dec 23, 20194 minThe Shift: Part 6There was this guy my aunt tried hooking me up with a year prior to all of this happening, but I was not interested in a romantic relationsh
Dec 23, 20197 minThe Shift: Part 5I felt like a failure heading back to Lagos. I mean I had spent 11 years in America, and it was not like I was returning with millions of do
Dec 18, 20196 minThe Shift: Part 4I tried so hard to hide my sobs; I mean I did not even have the hands to clean the tears that found a way to make an escape. The lady office
Dec 16, 20198 minThe Shift: Part 3I told a few of my friends that I was coming back and that they shouldn’t let the others know because I wanted to surprise them. Meanwhile I
Dec 10, 20195 minThe Shift: Part 2I was overjoyed at the fact that I was not denied a visa, due to the circumstances that I had overstayed my welcome after college; God was s
Dec 8, 20196 minThe Shift: Part 1There have been three defining moments in my life so far; the loss of my mother, the loss of a relationship and the loss of my home. This is