@kristabel123

https://img.leopedia.io/DQmc7wvnHxCSCzgzFR6eNizGkeSsB4zgXLcxHCfogcNfWQd/IMG-20250818-WA0003.jpg When Alex first touched my hands there was nothing dramatic about it, there was n…

Yesterday, I was going through my watchlist in search of a movie to watch, so as to enjoy my weekend more. And I settled for ***Pride and Prejudice*** the 2005 movie. And yeah, I c…

***Tomorrow Died Yesterday***. It is a book written by Chimeka Garricks, and the one I am currently reading. Now, this book has already managed to impress and draw me in more than …

When Nathan walked into the café that rainy Tuesday afternoon, I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. It has been three years since I broke off our engagement two week befor…

***Game of Thrones*** is a series that stayed in my phone for about a month before I finally decided to watch it. I don’t even know why I kept putting it off. It was probably becau…

Seeing this week’s Ladiesofhive [prompts](https://peakd.com/hive-124452/@ladiesofhive/ladies-of-hive-community-contest-250) got me thinking about how complicated forgiveness really…

There are places in this city that seem like they come alive when no one is watching. Like, you can walk past them everyday and swear they’re nothing more than brick, pain and dust…

Purple Hearts is an emotional movie with fake arranged marriage, sacrifice and unexpected love. Directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, it is based on a novel with same name by Tess…

When I picked up ***It Ends With Us*** to read, I didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I did. I’d seen the hype, of course, on Tiktok and Instagram. Everyone was talking about how …

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Hello everyone, So this is my first official post on Hive and I’m a bit nervous about how I’ll do, and I’ve been thinking hard on how to start this introductory post. Okay... my…

Hello everyone, Some of us know that stablecoins are starting to look the same. USDT, USDC, BUSD… they claim to be stable, but many rely on centralized entities, off-chain reserves…

“culture is the way of life” – we were taught this a lot during primary school and it actually is true. The food, dance, clothes or even festivals somehow all connects us to our ro…

There are series you watch and forget, and then there are the once you watch that leave you inspired and slightly too emotional. ***Itaewon class*** is the second kind. I just fini…

When Dami and I first started dating, it felt like returning to someone I didn’t know I needed. We were friends for over two years. It was that kind of friendship that slowly enter…

It really is very easy to complain about how unfair life is, because it is actually. Some days I catch myself sighing more than I should. I complain without even meaning to. It cou…

I used to count my steps as I walked down the school halls, maybe out of habit or out of self-defense. One, two, three, four…. anything to keep my eyes low and my thoughts quieter …

Sometimes I wonder what life really is. We are born, then we grow up. We learn rules and try to make sense of the world. We work, struggle, fail, laugh, and cry, love, and lose. T…

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Hello everyone, I don’t know how you feel about red jumpsuits and criminal masterminds, but for me ***Money Heist (La Casa de Papel)*** was the definition of “just one more episode…