When I was young, I spent few holidays at certain relatives’ houses, it wasn’t a good experience.
Author Archives: Vanessa Emeadi
Pink and Blue Thoughts…Maybe
What’s something you hate doing? Mine’s easy…cooking! I hate it, I hate it, I hate it with a passion!
The Me Before
From AJ With Love
The hoarse voice of Madam Titi as she called the attention of one of her trainees could be heard from a distance. She was the major tailor in the streets of Ajegunle, a huge shop in the heart of AJ city and the person everyone called Iya Mi (My Mother).
The Green Artist
When Tracy started out as a makeup artist many years ago, she’d been young and green.
The Loud House
Big and empty is what comes to mind when I think of it. Uncomfortable mostly, but we had to make do, Mama said Daddy was experiencing a setback. I remember how it sheltered me in the good days and how it silenced my voice in the bad days, how it made Sisi so restless. SheContinue reading “The Loud House”
The Journey
Life has a way of shaping things whether for good or for bad, the end tells the tale but what about the middle, the in-between?
The Day Before
The hotel was bigger than she’d imagined, plusher than the pictures and videos had revealed and it still didn’t feel real. She had to pinch herself to confirm that it wasn’t a dream, that it was really happening to her. This was officially the best day ever!
Schindler’s List
He heard the gun click And felt the cold dread of terror
Price Tags
I don’t know when it started or how it started, but somehow you had to pay.