Theresa Okokon is a yoga teacher, a storyteller, a nonprofit professional, and host of a nationally televised storytelling TV show. She is a student in the GrubStreet Memoir Incubator program, and this is her first publication. She Instagrams selfies, gorgeous cocktails, food porn, and pics about blackness and fatness at @ohh.jeezzz.

When my little sister invited me to be her Maid of Honor, she sent me a pretty tin container filled with heart-shaped cookies and a note that said: I’ve found

Search