Nigeria, May 10 -- Standing at 5'11", she moves with the grace of a swan, tall and poised, exuding the quiet confidence of someone with nothing to prove. Her nose? A little prominent but beautifully sculpted, like it was made to give just the right touch of boldness to an otherwise soft and radiant face. And that smile - ah, that incandescent smile that blooms without effort, disarming and magnetic, stealing the attention of any room she graces, all without a single demand for notice.

A colleague once joked that I "married above my pay grade," and I laughed along but deep down, I knew it wasn't a joke. I have since made peace with the fact that I live in her luminous shadow, and truth be told, I find no reason to protest. Though, wheneve...