Meet the Bennus: Jamyla and her husband, Pierre, co-founders of a Baltimore-based organic haircare and skincare line, and their sons, Osei and Sadat.
No Member of This Family Is Perfect,
but Together They're Awesome
As told to Penny Wren | O, The Oprah Magazine
Jamyla: We met 13 years ago on a street corner in New York. The next day we saw each other again in Brooklyn Heights. I was on roller blades...
Pierre: ...and I was sitting on a bench, writing in my journal. As she passed by, we gave each other the "Wait, aren't you—?" look. She sat down, and we talked for hours.
Jamyla: Six months later we moved in together.
Pierre: And within another five months we were married.
Jamyla: I was 23, Pierre was 25. If I met a young couple like us today, I'd say, "Aww, look at them, so in love." But I'd also think, "What are you kids doing?!"
Pierre: We were young. But we waited ten years before we had kids. We gave ourselves time to be selfish.
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