Akaa & Alima XIII
“… I wanted a good life for myself and this baby. And now I’m going to die.”
Akaa & Alima XII
“And I know you must think I’m stupid, or that I’m a homewrecker. I have tried to put him out of my mind. I have tried to forget him. I have even tried to hate him so that maybe it’ll all just go away. I can’t.”
Kwesi
Kwesi was a beautiful black baby right on that first day. He was also a happy baby.
Nana
In my small mind, Nana was the only one who loved me. Oh, how she loved me!
Sayo III
Some people are generally put together, no matter what. The kind that can sit in a storm, as though they were having a tea party. Sayo was one of those…
Sayo II
…you have to make peace with the fact that you are the villain in someone else’s story even if you thought you were doing the right thing. You don’t get to tell them how to narrate their experience..
Akaa & Alima XI
Your darling 007 came by. He spent the night with Naana. She’s been going on and on about how much he knows how to use his tools.
Of Titties and Blokes
He was in tears when we got to the ward. Men don’t often show emotion in hospitals. The hallways are often littered with women or children, wailing about someone’s death or disease. But this man wailed, watching us initiate CPR.
Determinants
Did we survive tribal prejudice only to break apart for medical reasons? Was this the universes way of telling me that Mawuli and I were not meant to be? Did the average couple go through all this? Or maybe we weren’t the average couple? I didn’t know what was going on!
Difficult Stories
Looking back, I realize that I suppressed so many negative things… as a coping mechanism, I either completely forgot about it, or pretended it never happened.”
