“My Girlfriend Of Five Years Left Me On My Graduation Day Because I Hadn’t ‘Become Something.’ Months Later, I Was Carrying Blocks For 13 Naira Each When She Pulled Up In Her New Man’s G-Wagon And Laughed, ‘Is This The Big Plan?’ She Had No Idea What I’d Just Found In A Stone On My Way Home.”

” “I ate this morning.” “That was morning.” She’d stand there until I took it. When I handed my mother the eight thousand naira I earned in a week, she tried to refuse it. “Please buy food.” “You need transport tomorrow.” “I’ll walk.” “You cannot keep doing this.” “You took care of me when I had nothing. You were my child.” “And you are my mother. continue reading …