SKY IN MY LIFE

 

"Why are you so tiny? Are you not eating enough food?"

 

This is what most people tell me when I meet them in person for the very first time. It’s always funny to me cause I am a foodie and usually go like "Ebu stick around for the next two hours uone the way I love eating". But it wasn’t always so funny. Before realizing that I am perfect exactly vile niko, it used to bother me.

 

Because of how small I am, I always felt less of a girl and I didn’t even like leaving the house kwa sababu I didn’t wanna hear the comments. I looked different from girls my age and people noticed. At least at home, I had a safe space because I would not get to interact with new people… just my immediate family. I know that you won't be surprised if I tell you that I would disappear when we had visitors to avoid the "why are you so tiny?" question. Na when I did go outside, I would open the gate, check if there's anyone on the road, na if the coast is clear I would runnnnn! Imagine! It was really stressful. 

 

I took being called tiny as an insult instead of a compliment. Why didn't I think of it as being small but mighty, tiny and gorgeous; little miss GOLD…I don’t know. No regrets though!! Cause things changes thanks to being a part of the SKY sistahood. 

 

SKY has helped me see things from a different perspective. LOVE and SELF-HYPE does exist for real. It does not matter how you look like, where you are from or how different you are from others…YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL VILE UKO. As long as you are doing your thing and staying true to you…utashine!

So if you are having a bad day or feeling less worthy, remind yourself this:

 

I am a star!

I will go ahead and shine exactly as I am!

If I show what I am all about

I will shine both inside and out!

 

When I’m feeling off, I check out SKY and talk to my fellow SKY sistas and it always helps aki. From the warm social media space where I get to see other SKY girls do their things to the awesome SKY magazine issues, this is what I have always yearned for…a space just for us girls. I have also made lots of new friends from across the country and I feel like  I have discovered a whole new side of me that I would never have.

 

I now walk with my head high wherever I go because I know that I am gorgeous and my energy is unmatched. I am Lily the flower and Lily the tiny girl with big dreams!