Verhanika IRL
When my husband died in October 2019, I learned what it felt like to Grieve. It was exhausting. I don’t think I realized just how much of grief involved feeling tired like all the time. I was newly a single mom to a 3 year old, so that accounted for some of the...
Verhanika IRL
I was lucky enough to take an international trip recently with my sweetheart. We flew to Costa Rica for a friend’s wedding and left my son, Ronan, at home with Grandma for a week of school and the kind of attention only Grandma can give. Since I knew we’d...
Verhanika IRL
As I write this, I’m having one of those days. Despite having Ronan being watched by a caregiver and needing to do some stuff I just…don’t wanna. My focus is all over the place and while I’m trying to write a serious article about serious...
Verhanika IRL
How it began A couple of weeks ago I came across a post in one of my Facebook groups about a new show on HBO called Insecure. It’s in it’s second season and is written by and stars Issa Rae, a millennial black woman. It’s about her experience being a...
Verhanika IRL
So if you’re reading this chances are you and I already agree politically and socially. The events in Charlottesville were abominable and even more disturbing is the way the president has responded to them. We all knew he was a bit of a garbage human, but this...
Verhanika IRL
The last time I had an IRL post I announced my pregnancy and my word for 2016: Sovereignty. Now I have a beautiful 5 month old baby boy, Ronan. I’ve started a full-on mommy blog so if you want more info about that head over here. I took maternity leave from...