NAIJA TO YANKEE On May 31st, I left my seemingly perfect life in Nigeria for greener pastures abroad. This was one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make in my whole life. I am naturally a very indecisive person, so making this kind of life altering decision for me was the last straw that broke my camel's back. "Tami please stop crying now, I promise you'll be fine" my friend said to me as i broke down in tears at the airport. Nothing he said to me or tried to do made me feel any better than i already felt. I didn't see any need to leave the country that had become my home over the years to go and start building all over again in another man's country. But that is the beauty of what's ahead. You get to rewrite your story all over again and erect structures out of nothing. I cried till there were no tears left to cry. I cried till my eyes hurt and didn't have the strength to continue. I had lived in denial all along till the day i was to go ...
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