TARA  Tara: Hey, mamas! Any plans for Mother’s Day?Cleo is typing… Cleo: Nothing yet. What are you thinking? And I hope it doesn’t involve the kids. 😣Tara: No idea yet. Maybe we should brainstorm together when next we meet?Esther is typing… Esther: Hopefully, something I can film for my YouTube channel. Tara nearly sent the […]

ESTHER  Esther was frustrated. She had been trying to film a Day in My Life vlog for the past three days, and her son was not cooperating. He’d been fussier than usual all week, so clingy that she hadn’t been able to do her self-care routine, not even the basics. Her face felt like an […]

CLEO Cleo tiptoed out of the bedroom where her daughter Amanda was sleeping. She leaned against the door and exhaled deeply once she felt it was safe. Was it terrible to admit that the only time she truly enjoyed being a mother was when her kids were asleep?Of course, she’d never say that out loud, […]

TARA Anyone free for a coffee date? I’ve got some free time to kill. The message landed in the WhatsApp group with a heavy thud, and Tara immediately regretted sending it. She considered deleting it but then the group would get that telltale This message was deleted, and that would raise more questions than just […]

At first, Teni couldn’t believe her ears. The fact that her sensible friend – Eki of all people – had gone to see a psychic. A psychic. In Lagos. For goodness’ sake, what even was a psychic in Nigeria if not a babalawo in a different outfit?  “She wasn’t a babalawo,” Eki said, when Teni […]

Teniola wanted to get married. It was her 2025 Goal—capital G—right there on her vision board, alongside Visit Zanzibar and Apply for scholarships. But unlike the other goals, this one felt heavier, more urgent, like an unfinished assignment she had been carrying for too long. The way she saw it, all the other goals were […]

ANYAI search Toria’s face for clues that she’s joking. A waiter weaves between tables, the aroma of baked pastries trailing in his wake. But I’m barely aware of any of it. Her words keep ringing in my ears: I’d have to pay for my plane ticket to her “destination” wedding.“You’re hilarious,” I say, forcing a […]

TORIA I can tell it’s pissing Anya off, the fact that she knows very little about my relationship or impending wedding. I pretend to be focused on the food in front of me, keeping my mouth full to keep the smile of satisfaction off my face. I am not very good at lying and Anya […]

I pretend to be excited about Toria’s upcoming nuptials but somewhere in the back of my mind, I am thinking of ways to throw a spanner in its works. I know, I know. That makes me sound like a terrible person and maybe I am, but what do you expect me to do? How do […]

TORIALondon’s diamond sparkles on my finger and I feel a rush of emotions again. I am so in love with this man, it makes my heart hurt, literally. Whenever I look at the ring, I remember the proposal. He took me on his father’s private jet and said he had booked a weekend in Dubai […]