Dearest Gentle Reader, Season’s greetings 🤍 If I’m being honest, I didn’t keep all the promises I made to myself and to you guys in January 2025🥺. And for a long time, that bothered me a whole lot. But looking back now, I understand why. Last year needed me to pause, to learn, to unlearn, and to grow, and I’m grateful for every part of it. One of the biggest lessons came from choosing a career path. As a Microbiology graduate who genuinely enjoyed every aspect of the course (weirdly so), deciding what direction to take wasn’t easy. I felt pulled in many directions, unsure of where I truly belonged. Eventually, I ran back to God for clarity and slowly, things began to align. That clarity led me to academic writing. It was something I had always been interested in but never quite knew how to begin. When I finally took the leap, it was challenging, exciting, and deeply fulfilling. I’m incredibly grateful to everyone who referred me, trusted my work, and supported my journey. Thank you f...
I finally want to talk about it. I miss you. Always. If you asked me how I felt the morning it happened, I’d probably say “worried,” but if you asked me deeper, I’d say my soul disconnected from my body halfway through a journey I wish I never took. It was a Sunday. I had gone to church—dressed, focused, minding my business—when I got a call from home: “Come home.” That was it. No panic, no drama, but something in me stirred. Days before, daddy hadn’t been feeling too strong, so I assumed maybe it was that. I packed up and started the journey back. About an hour and a half. Halfway through, boredom made me scroll through Facebook—and that’s where my world started to tilt. His photo. A classmate’s post. “RIP.” At first, I was just pissed. Like, seriously? I called him immediately, ready to drag him for not telling his friends to chill with that kind of joke. He didn’t pick up. I remember thinking, maybe UNIOSUN’s light is out again , because he always had his pho...