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Rejections!

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  Man! Rejections suck! You would think that after these many years on planet Earth and those situationships that shaped our characters more than a corset does women’s bodies, we will know how to deal with rejections. But lo and behold! Here we are. Yesterday, my friend R told me that our generation faces more rejection than any other generation before us. Now, I could not argue with that fact because I got 8 rejections just yesterday. And Lemme tell you Maina, a “we need to talk” text from your partner has not nothing on “we regret to inform you that we will not be proceeding with your application at this time.” With your partner, you know the exact buttons to press to salvage the situation, but with a potential employee, you have nothing! Especially because I imagine you did everything you had to do before the application! You read the JD, edited your resume, and even wrote in your cover letter that you worked well under pressure. Which by the way I am curious, why do we gl...
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Jolene

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  “Ssshhh; she is the one” Two women whispered while glancing at me sideways. Should it be considered a whisper if I heard them? Or saw the way they rolled their eyes up and down while looking at me? Or the way they fanned themselves faster while they passed me as if the very air I was breathing was contaminated! What did I do to deserve this? Is falling in love such a crime? Maybe I should not have listened to Luther Ingram when he said, “ if loving you was wrong, I don’t want to be right !” Or maybe, just maybe, I should have waited to be born in the 21 st century where Nico and Vitz, will help me “ ask am I wrong ” and everyone would understand why I am not wrong. At least, not for loving! You know, when I left the house, all I wanted was to do was get some fruits! But here I was at the market, everyone looking at me like I had a plague on my face! All my usual fruit vendors are unwilling to sell to me! What kind of businessperson refuses money? Is this why many of their bu...
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RUN!

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  I accidentally saw him the other day! And my body screamed RUN! Accidentally because I cut him off from my life both physically, emotionally, and socially. Accidentally, because I avoided hanging out in places, I might bump into him or check social media profiles that might have him tagged. So yes, I accidentally saw him the other day! And my blood boiled! "Happy Easter! Time to get drunk and make bad decisions 🤪 !" That was the caption on one of our mutual friends' statuses. He was there, his hands brazenly glazing less than a centimeter away from two girls’ boobs on both his right and left! I thought I was over it! I thought I had forgiven and forgotten! I thought seeing him be so reckless would not infuriate me, but boy did it! "What is done in Vegas stays in Vegas." The following caption said. This time around, he was holding a bottle of whiskey in one hand, and on the other hand, he was holding one of the girls, pulling her close to him. Te...
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Small Girl, Big America Part 3: Of Thanksgiving

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  The day before Thanksgiving Saying thank you is a word my mother taught me. My teacher reinforced the lesson with her ruler meeting my hand, and my dad showed it to me. Thanksgiving, on the other hand, is a word my pastor insisted on while quoting Thessalonians 5:18, which says, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Today, I have a new meaning for Thanksgiving. Ps: This article is entirely based on my experience the past few days and first-person accounts of information; kindly research further before quoting it or any of my sources. Have you ever read an article that sounded like a dear diary entry? This is it. This week, Charm was happy coz he got ready for church in thirty minutes. He was on top of the world, the kind that suggests that I was the reason he would get late for events we went to together. So, since Barney Stinson was my best character in How I Met Your Mother, I took that as a challenge. My high score so fa...
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I Quite Miss Home

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  So, it's 12.07 am. If our world was still the same as 3 months ago, you would be dragging me to bed right about now. I would complain how much you are a sleepy head, and you'd remind me I would love the head ad get if we went to bed. I would get excited and run to bed. Only to realize I did not refill the water bottle in the morning, you'd go get some just because you know I can't sleep dehydrated. By the time you'd be back, I’d be all covered up and you'd tickle me and I would laugh, laugh so hard that the upstairs neighbor would give me funny looks in the morning.   Btw that one time I went to get the orange hair dye she asked me "huyo mtu wako mpole ni mfunny?" It's 12:22 am. I would be lying on your arms. Looking at the ceiling board panting like a pregnant gazelle. You would wrap your hands around me and I would take advantage of that opportunity and attack you. I would win this round! I always won the last and first round; in your words,...
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