"Even though I chose nursing, I was not prepared for the level of trauma that came with it. This profession truly belongs to the compassionate."
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As You’re Planning Your Life, It’s Planning You Too
"You make all these plans thinking they will work out, but life is crazy. It’s even crazier and messier when you are a Nigerian in Nigeria."
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Living with Sickle Cell: Aisha’s Story of Pain, Strength, and Advocacy
"I've been very lucky. It's not like that with a lot of other warriors."
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No God For Me, Thank You
"Rules seemed to benefit men, not God. Overall, to me, it looked like a system of power, built by men for men."
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“I Stayed Away From Parties for Two Years”
"My brain worked twice as fast as I searched for a way to escape."
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“I Got Pregnant in School and Almost Died Losing It”
"Instead, he blamed me. He called me careless, mocked me, even said I wasn’t behaving like a 'modern babe.'”
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“Just a Young, Acne-Prone Adult with Energy and Raging Hormones”- Part Three
"But how do you console someone who trusted you completely and got betrayal in return?"
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“Just a Young, Acne-Prone Adult with Energy and Raging Hormones”- Part Two
"Through the years till this point in time, I had been using porn to manage a majority of my sexual urges..."
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“Just a Young, Acne-Prone Adult with Energy and Raging Hormones”- Part One
Faithful, but not whole: a story about addiction, love, desire, and distance.
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“By the Time I Saw the First Crack, I Already Held Him in Such High Regard”- Part Two
"Everything added up together and I was stabbed by the familiar feeling of betrayal, of being taken for a fool."