Growing up in a big house meant things added up quickly in our home. Everything was always multiplied by 6 (my parents, sisters, and I) or more if we had guest visiting or family living with us temporarily. Anytime my Mom or Dad could find things that were Free.99 they were on it like white [...]
Growing up my understanding of sustainable living was recycling water bottles, plastic bags, and cardboard. I never thought about how to live sustainably as a child, teenager, and a young adult for a while too. I didn't have friends growing up that cared about the environment and openly talked about it. Little did I know [...]
One of the coolest summers I ever had was because I tried something new. Summer 2014 I went to Costa Rica for a study abroad with my university. I practiced my Spanish, made friendships, and tried new things like riding a horse, swimming in hot springs, and milking a cow. That summer was the summer [...]
I grew up grocery shopping with my Mama and sisters at big stores like Walmart and Costco. We always spent hours in the store and usually got way more than we needed. It was a very mundane thing of life but I enjoyed it a lot- at least everything besides unloading the car. Supporting small [...]
I have been in love with fashion for as long as I can remember. In elementary school, I wanted to be a fashion designer. My big sister even bought me a sowing machine that was the cutest color blue. I fell in love. I shared my love for fashion and sowed a a floral dress [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
One Saturday after a long day of working my mom decided we would just come home, pack an overnight bag and go to the beach. I was excited because nothing sounded better than to get out of Tallahassee and embrace the beach. My poor Dad was so confused and slow he was almost left behind. [...]
