To me, my father, my so-called “hero,” single-handedly ruined my life and my family, all over a personal dispute...

Those early years were rough on my mother as she was battling demons in the early stages of her alcoholism and drug addiction...

For as long as I can remember, it was always a constant battle for survival...hunger was our close friend...

My father was a police officer, and my mother ran a small shop. My life started out normal...

Behind every proverb, there is experience and reflection. Now, I don’t claim to know it all, but I know what I’ve lived...

Good, no one had robbed me of my pain pills. I pulled out my trusty relievers and tossed a handful back. I could be without a home...

Maybe it would have been a lot different if life had stayed peaceful and carefree like when I first came into this world...

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. This sentence pretty much sums up my whole life...

For the first few years of my life, all my immediate family lived in a low-income, one-roomed apartment in the city within a close-knit...

It was a beautiful, crisp, clear morning. My only regret was that my dad wasn’t by my side as he should have been...

In fact, I was 16th in the rankings, including my father’s children from his two older wives, who each had six children before...

Through all these years, I’ve gathered wisdom from a deep well of experiences and had opportunities to chase my dreams again and again...

Tim Han, my mentor and savior, taught me that “Our mess is our message.” So, I guess I have a big message because my life has sure been a...

When it happened, everyone claimed that the grief would only last a year until I was able to move on, so I consoled myself with this...

My parents fell in love in prison. Not many people can say that! Back then, detention centers were co-ed. My father...

Stand, sit, eat, drink, poop, pee, and breathe—thoughtless functions for a healthy body. But there I lay, a limp, lifeless, 27-year-old...

It’s an easy sentiment to offer someone else, but it took a long time for me to view my own figure in this way. Loving my body has been...

I had good, rowdy mates to play Cricket with and go to raucous Saturday morning kids’ movies with, and I went to a private British school...

I was born in 1987 and grew up in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria with a younger sister and hard-working, loving parents who encouraged me...

But that all changed in the middle of my second year when I had a diabetic onset. The onset, itself, wasn’t too traumatic, seeing as how...