Real life with a healthy dose of humour…
The weather has been gloomy, the sun has ghosted us and the wind seems to be mad about something because it has been howling something fierce for days now. This morning as I look out of my sorry excuse for a window into yet another gloomy day, all I want is my mother’s Ji Mmiri …
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November 13, 2013, Dear Diary. Beep beep beep” my alarm rang on and on until I had no choice but to wake up and shut it off. I looked around my still dark room in blatant despair, all I wanted to do was sleep, it felt like I hadn’t had a good night’s sleep in …
These tears, these tears These tears, they won’t fall These tears, they hurt so bad Why? Why me? Why now? I wish you’d fall Fall, so I can be free It hurts, it hurts Deep breaths, deep breaths God sees me, God knows Sigh So I’ll try again Deep breaths, deep breaths Is that.. is …
Nerves. They're always simmering just above the surface, waiting to leap out at me. It doesn't matter what I am doing, if I'm happy or sad, it doesn't matter. I'm anxious all the time, my heart beats just a little faster all the time. Sometimes I try to catch myself and slow it down, I …
I found my first grey hair at 30. I remember the exact moment, I was sitting in front of the mirror taking out my braids and I saw it, a long, very curly and very white strand of hair. My heart skipped a beat and then I went on with what I was doing. As …
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