It´s been all Good, Singleville

It has been 525 days, more than a year and a half into singlehood. Shocker, I know, given most of you just recently found out. My previous relationship was an 8 year journey that was totally worth the while. I have an article on here about how to make your relationship last. And no, am …

Behold! A Queen was Born

...of baby showers, new connections, friendships, discoveries. What a blessing!

YouTube channel name change

Image by Marlon Romanelli from Pixabay Happy Easter y’all, As most of you may know by now, there has been a change of name of the YouTube channel I have been creating on. From today henceforth, you can find me on YouTube @herloveisqueen, which is also my Instagram and Twitter handle. Credit: Essie Love Doc …

Introducing ZuriChats: When it Rains, Play and Dance in the Puddle

Pixabay.com I remember with nostalgia the optimism with which we started this year. I was rostered for duty at 0500am on 1st January, 2020 so my 31st of December 2019 was spent indoors, chilling. My partner was reporting to work at midnight of the new year, she was up by 7pm to begin preparing, given …

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My COVID-19 Story: When Reality Hits

Yours truly This night owl is up, as usual, getting some writing done. I suspect most of us had compiled ‘to do’ lists, missions and objectives for 2020. Well, that was before the COVID-19 pandemic came knocking and everything came to a screeching halt. Here is my account of the build up to that grim …

Easy Artistic and Creative, life-changing Self Care Ideas

Pixabay.com It is shocking just how many of us excel in taking such great care of others and constantly neglect ourselves. A few months back, I met a lady, an exhausted looking but pleasant mother of three who chatted me as she clipped her nails away. Her hair was held up in a messy bun …

Happy New Year 2020

Hope your 2020 started out great. For one, we are alive and that is something to be thankful for. I have been mute for the last month or so. Probably trying to reconstruct or simply, map out (in my head) the direction this blog will take in 2020. I would not exactly call it a …

Goodbye November, Hello December

Dear November, Thank you for being ferociously kind. When we began, nothing was very clear about the direction you would steer us in. We bummed in your bus and off we went. It was not the easiest of rides. We encountered high bumps, pot holes reeking of dirty water that splattered on anyone that walked …