Dear Journal,
Growing up, I developed a mindset that January was a period where adults were short of cash as many other bills competed for the available funds, so I don’t have childhood memories of birthday parties other than my mom’s fresh pot of soup made “specially for me ” and shared by all on my birthday…lol

* Thank you girl *
One colleague gave me a nice neck piece and another did the makeover.
I have suffered a loss.
Until you lose something you never really know it’s significance, October 2014 was a roller coaster of emotions, I was mourning my loss and a life was birthed too. I miss my sister, she had written about me in her published graduate project that I was the constant shadow in her life that would blaze the trail of her untouched dreams. I don’t think she knew she would die in her prime but seems like she gave a mandate already.
I had birth a life
I have an obligation
Today marks another evidence that you can create your own space and have it decorated the way you want! I have the gift of choice.
I give myself permission to have all that I truly desire.
I am awesome!
Signed
Yours in finding herself,
Faari
Author: Abisoye “Faari” Akinola
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