Random Questionnaire!

QUIET

I REMEMBER MY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN AMERICA. I REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. I WAS NERVOUS, BUT NOT AFRAID. MY RELATIVES TAUGHT ME THAT I SHOULD NOT FIGHT, UNLESS I WANTED TO GO BACK TO MY COUNTRY BY MYSELF.

SO I BECAME QUIET.

ME, THIS LAGOS KID WHO COULD WALK 30 MINUTES FROM SCHOOL TO HOME ALONE AND UNAFRAID BECAUSE I WAS READY TO FIGHT, BECAME QUIET.
I WAS A RESPECTFUL CHILD, WHEN I WAS A LAGOS KID. I’D SIT IN CLASS, OR CHURCH WITH MY FRIENDS AND I NEVER GOT IN TROUBLE.

UNLESS SOME KID NEEDED ME TO REMIND HIM THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS CUTE UNIFORM DRESS I WORE REPRESENTED ME AS A LADY, I WOULD NOT HESITATE TO BEAT HIM LIKE A BOY.

SO BEING QUIET IN AMERICA WAS NOT DIFFICULT, BUT IT WAS NOT EASY.
I SAT IN CLASS ON MY 1ST DAY OF SCHOOL READY FOR WHAT THE TEACHER HAD IN STORE. REALITY STRUCK ME WHEN I HEARD THE TEACHER’S ACCENT. I WAS NOT AFRAID, BUT I WAS WORRIED THAT I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO MIMIC THAT ACCENT.

SO I KEPT QUIET, JUST IN CASE I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO FIT IN. I WAS BU…

This is a really delicate topic, so I’ll throw in a couple of “lols” just to loosen up the pathway for the heart trying to rise through the esophagus.

So, how did I overcome depression?

Actually the question is how am I overcoming depression?
This is probably the hardest post I’ll ever write, but I promised to share my story. So here goes...

Depression began in my mid-high school years. The works: stay in my room all day, refuse to socialize with family, church family, school friends, (except for my high school best friend. Love her loads), refuse to eat in public (or with family), if I did, it would mean I'd have to socialize with people, which I did not want. I slept a lot and the sleep came easily. When it didn’t, I’d lay patiently until it came. There were days when I would feel so down and I wouldn’t know why.

I was ready to push anyone and everyone I did not trust away. I was, of course, suicidal. There were always those thoughts that asked “Why am I even alive?”, “What good am I…

Guess Who Just Became a Tapered Babe!

I cut my hair!

I had been speculating for years now. So I finally did it!

So why did I cut it??

To be honest, I just woke up one day and decide against relaxing my new growth. I haven't relaxed my hair in 5 months and the hair really grew!!
What really made me choose to cut it was just the thought of having short hair and being able to enjoy it.

Past experiences with short natural hair:

Childhood
When I was a child in Nigeria, I'm sure my hair was cut short, and it was probably because my mom was over it, but I SURE didn't mind. I remember the teeny tiny puff which grew into 2 giant puff balls. I remember the rubber thread used to make my hair, separated in sections. They hurt so much and I really hated them. Actually, anything involving an African woman touching my head brings headache and face-lift memories. I happen to have a very sensitive scalp and I have learned that beauty hurts. (But not all the time)
High School
I cut my hair twice. And when I say cut, I mean a REALL…

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