The holidays for my family always meant waking up at the crack of dawn to start cooking. Any woman who is able-bodied is in our kitchen in true African fashion. Hours of cooking, tired feet, cramped fingers, and sweat goes into cooking our Ghanaian and American dishes. It's one of the most exhausting things I [...]
I didn't always feel love on Valentine's Day. The main reason for that was because I thought I needed a boyfriend to celebrate the holiday. Thankfully, I now know better. Some of my fondest Valentine's Day memories were getting a Tinkerbell card from my best friend and going to see a Nicholas Sparks' movie with [...]
Growing up my family didn't go out to eat often. The times we did go out my sisters and I knew we only order water unless told otherwise. It was a treat to be able to get a lemonade or a soda. I'm not sure if it was because water was healthier or if it [...]
One of my biggest pet peeves is when people say they are going to the "bathroom" when they actually mean they are going to the restroom. There are no showers or "bath"tubs in a restaurant, office building, or sport stadium. The only place you really ever go to a bathroom is in your home. Unfortunately, [...]
As the middle child of four sisters and I was often left with my little sister to babysit. But sometimes I wanted to leave to hangout with my friends or I didn't want her all in my friends and I's business. I used to push her out and would leave her home even though she [...]
Service has been a huge part of my life for a while. Naturally I have always liked to help others but this was later an incentive in college when community service helped me get scholarships for college. I was spending dozens of hours doing community service from helping out at my church to local festivals [...]
Men. They are funny things. They make sports so much more exciting to watch. They sit with their legs open way too wide. They can grill the heck out of meat (at least my man does). They tend to be more aggressive than my liking BUT I can't live without them. My Grandpa has shown [...]
