The women in my family are strong, hardworking, affectionate and powerful in their own rights. Truly, in my eyes they are all heroines and their stories deserve to be told. Follow me on this journey as I try to bring  to life these women both dead and alive who have made me who I am …
On Broken Teeth and Broken Roofs..
So I mentioned a while ago that my tooth mysteriously broke right? Right. So this tooth broke and I was living in terrible pain for months. My nerves were exposed so I could neither eat nor drink nor chew nor even smile. I was in deep torment but I did not want to deal with …
Why I Won’t Give Up…
So my brothers and I have this inside joke, whenever I start to tell a story that they have heard a hundred times before, they start to sing "story of my life, searching for the right"...(I know, it’s only funny if you hear them sing it) 6:10 am; standing in front of my bathroom mirror, …
A Stranger’s Kindness
Dear Diary, It was a really long day. Emotionally tasking and physically draining. Walking to the bus station seemed like a herculean task and as I struggled to put one foot in front of the other, I found myself doing that which came naturally to me; crying. So I stood there, in the middle …
Back and Better, Whole and Healed…
My people; I am so sorry that once again I went MIA. It wasn’t intentional, I promise.  l meant to write, I really did but words failed me again and again so I just took a little break from it all. Life has taught me a couple of lessons over the past weeks that …
Adaugo's Diary 