LOGINIt was Sunday.Not a birthday. Not a wedding. Not a naming. Not a board meeting. Not a school first daJust Sunday in the brownstone where Damian lives noWhere we all live no10 years late-Sunshine Cole Williams is 1Sky Cole Williams is 1Lila Williams is 1Jasmine is... Jasmine is still Jasmine, but now with small silver in hair, still thin gold band wife ring shining, still bangle, still Ankara, but now owner of 3 big shops in Queens — Queens Yoruba shop, plus Brooklyn, plus Manhattan — all called JAS & TWINS — Ankara, Lace & Baby Things — because Yaba girl who had one small shop near Lagos new house now has three shops where her husband lives noDamian is still Damian, but now with small beard, still bare feet on bigger floor, still finding socks under bed, still making warm water, but now CEO who works from home two days a week floor level, not cold coffee boardroom everyday, because floor level family needs him homMama is still Mama, black dress pearls gele, but now 70-somet
She was 9.Not 5 years old when she stopped speaking after her mother passed. Not 6 years old when Jasmine was cleaner then nanny with bag packed thinking he would fire her who sang Yoruba song fever night and made her speak again. Not 8 years old CEO of Tabarola shop school pickup for Brother Sky and Sister Sunshine.9 years old. Big girl. Grade 4.Lila Williams, CEO of Tabarola shop, big sister of Sunshine Cole and Sky Cole, Imole and Ayomideji who are now 3 and in school.The birthday was in the brownstone where Damian lives now, New York living brownstone, not Lagos new house.Because we live New York now. Where Damian lives now, bub.Morning, 7 AM, brownstone bigger floor New York living floor.Jasmine was up first, mother of school twins and 9-year-old. Thin gold band wife ring shining, bangle shining, wife forever, shop owner big shop Queens Yoruba shop, driver New York living, mother of 9-year-old birthday girl.She made warm water for Lila, because floor level love doesn't st
They were three.Not one year and two days old in car seats white Toyota Corolla small car floor level car mother car twins car Lila CEO car shop owner car wife forever car with Tabarola lid keychain S & S. Not one year and nine days old living New York brownstone where Damian lives now, bub. Not 2.8kg and 2.6kg at birth at 5:47 AM and 5:52 AM at ReddingtoThree years olSunshine Cole Williams and Sky Cole Williams, Imole and Ayomideji, 13.4kg and 13.1kg, talking full sentences, running, fighting, sharing, not sharing, saying "My Tabarola!" saying "No, my TupperwareJasmine was mother of three-year-old twins outside, wife forever four years, shop owner big shop Queens Yoruba shop living New York where Damian lives now, driver New York living — she learned floor level driving on road after white Toyota Corolla small car shipped from Lagos to New York brownstone, now driving white Toyota Corolla small car New York living with car seats, and new white Toyota Sienna big car for twins scho
Three days after I gifted you car — white Toyota Corolla 2024 small car floor level car mother car twins car Lila CEO car shop owner car wife forever car with car seats for Sunshine Cole and Sky Cole Imole and Ayomideji one year and two days old and Tabarola lid keychain S & S — you asked me on bigger floor in new house."Oga, my husband, this new house is nice, closet closes window facing street, real table, real kitchen, bigger floor, but where do you live now, bub?"I said, "Jas, my wife forever, I live in New York now. I came to Lagos because I was drunk and crying on penthouse floor December night and you sat with me consensual one time became twins only you knew seven months while being nanny with bag packed thinking I would fire you finding socks under bed everyday since March making rice when I forgot to eat singing Yoruba song fever night playing shop everyday on floor with Lila CEO, I stayed because you signed forever new house closet closes window street Ghana-Must-Go bag f
It was two days after the twins' one year birthday.The compound was still wine and gold and white. Canopy still up. Banner still hanging — HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY IMOLÉ SUNSHINE COLE WILLIAMS & AYOMIDEJI SKY COLE WILLIAMS — but slightly bent now because Lila CEO had climbed it to get Tabarola lids that were stuck.The real table was still in compound, bigger floor still white cloth but dirty from cake yellow and blue, Sunshine cake yellow and Sky cake blue, mouths yellow and blue.Sunshine Cole and Sky Cole, Imole and Ayomideji, one year and two days old, 11.2kg and 10.9kg, walking now more, talking Mama Dada Lila more, sleeping on bigger floor birthday floor still tired from birthday.Jasmine was packing birthday things. Ankara gown wine and gold for mother of one year twins, now folded. Thin gold band wife ring still shining, bangle shining, mother glow, wife forever glow, shop owner small glow.She had said after honeymoon she wants to learn how to drive because mother of twins outside
One year.Sunshine Cole Williams and Sky Cole Williams, Imole and Ayomideji, were one year olNot 27 days old in white basket cots on naming white cloth floor. Not 32 days old on family honeymoon beach house balcony. Not 2.8kg and 2.6kg at birth at 5:47 AM and 5:52 AM at ReddingtoOne year. 11.2kg and 10.9kg. Walking. Two teeth each, then four, then six. Saying Mama, saying Dada, saying LilJasmine was not twins big inside both his both hers anymore. She was mother of twins outside one year, wife forever one year, shop owner small — she had opened small shop after honeymoon as she said she wanted, not Tabarola shop old lids and new Tupperware sets, real small shop near new house selling Ankara and lace and baby thingDamian was not Rich CEO who was drunk and crying on penthouse floor December night anymore. He was father of three now — Lila CEO 6 years old now, Sunshine 1, Sky 1 — father who learned to take care like hers warm water socks rice floor level and still does, every morning







