Category: in loving memory of Laona

created to the loving memory of my brother, to whom I owe most of what I have become.

i smile

Today is the day you headed off into the wide blue yonder I remember you and I smile I smile because that’s all you ever did I smile because you always made us smile You smiled through all situations I imagine how you would react to different scenarios and I smile I hear the sound…

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The loss and loss

I lie on my bed, a song playing in the background. The title is Jehova re tshephile wena (Jehovah we trust in you)  from the album Spirit of Praise 6, the lead singer is Pastor Neyi Zimu. He continues Dipotso di dingata empa karabo tsone di nnyennyane..(there are many questions but few answers). At this…

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So long my brother………

“Oh nooooo! not again! this cant….wont happen…” These words echoed on my mind on the afternoon of 2nd November 2014 when I heard the news of my brother’s accident in Lake Ngami. It sounded like a nightmare, one I would soon be shaken out of by a knock or some form of interruption as it…

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