Wedding Vows

When I get married, hopefully to someone who is Nigerian, or someone who shares my idealistic view of polygamy, I would like this to be said to me:

[Yemoo was the only wife of Orisanla (Obatala) who, when asked for the reason of his monogamous state, replied]:

"It is impossible to live among forty wives and avoid slips of the tongue. Orisanla sees the possibility of marrying two hundred wives and yet he cleaves to Yemoo alone. One who carries the responsibilities of rulership over the civic life of Ife cannot expect to succeed if at the same time he has to cope with a multiplicity of wives."

Clearly I want to marry someone who refers to themselves in the third person (I find this endearing) and someone who will be a politician (I find this empowering). Anyway, learning more about your heritage is amazingly useful for finding a reason to write a final paper. I also discovered that primary glass bead making may have only occurred near my ancestral home. For someone who loves beading, and someone has gotten second degree burns from trying to make their own glass, I find this an almost spiritual revelation. I had an opportunity to make glass in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and it made my life. The person said I was a natural, and although she probably said that to a lot of people, I don't think I've ever been more excited to make a crudely shaped Sea Star.

Also interesting, Kola Nut, or Obi, was grown extensively in the town of my ancestral home, Ilesha. No one loves Coca-Cola more than me. I can't help but think that maybe, and this is a stretch, I could be the product of micro-evolution that has led me to be completely enamored of Coca-Cola.

Haha. Just a thought.