Chika

“you remember your mother, her eyes and how she looked at you when she wanted the truth. you remember how she looked at you when you were thirteen and she bought your first bra, how she was smiling at you. you remember the day she told you how to count the days, to know you have become a woman when the blood first came.”
― Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada

“Does your lover believe in you?

Yes, but sometimes I fear my lover does not

comprehend her light.”
― Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada

“Ada, are you in love? Yes.

Is being in a relationship hard work? Yes.

Who is your lover? Myself.”
― Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada

“Someday, we will learn how

to stop hurting ourselves

because pain is not

the only emotion

worthy of our being.”
― Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada