At thirteen, I thought I would be prettier if I had fair skin At twenty, I fell in love with my uneven brown skin tone At twenty-five, why am I going back to feeling thirteen? At thirteen, everyone around me laughed at me for being short At twenty, I told myself that my height was … Continue reading twenty-five
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Life Happened
I remember being a nine-year-old kidasking my parents to write on my cake-“Happy 10th birthday!” Isn’t it weird?How we all wanted to grow up so fast?Always wondering how it would feelto be an adult by imagining ourselvesin places like high school, university, work,getting married and sometimes dying. I wish instead of spending my time dreaming … Continue reading Life Happened