Welcome to Dating: Hello..

“See, that wasn’t so hard. Now introduce yourself, you got this! 

“My name is Nicole, thank you for being my date this evening. I hope this place is ok. I wanted to pick somewhere nice and quiet where we could get to know each other.”

“How about we flip a coin to see who starts first? I call heads.”

Please be tails, please, please, please. . . Damn it!”

“I guess I will start. My full name is Nicole Akinyi McKenzie. I am Afro-Caribbean, my mom is Kenyan, and my dad is Guyanese. I too was born in Guyana. I am thoroughly in love with my melanin, I strongly believe that thick thighs save lives, and Black girl magic is a very real thing. I mean, what else would explain the fact that our hair defies the laws of gravity?”

“Look at you girl, sharp and witty. . . Keep going.

At twenty-eight, I currently find myself single with no roster, no starting five, not even a third-round draft prospect.”

Excerpt From: Nikki Akinyi McKenzie. Chapter 2: Hello. “#RelationshipStatus.” Apple Books.