A sexagenarian seated on the chairs opposite lets out a loud sigh and looks our direction. His stare is enough to evoke rumblings in my stomach and chills down my spine. His friend, eyes still glued to his laptop,yells abruptly “can she be quieter!” Little do they know that this is what we’ve been trying…
Christmas time
“Wakey wakey! It’s Christmas!” This is a line from my all time favorite movie Home Alone, my first encounter with white Christmas😂. My own reality of Christmas, while growing up, was nothing of the sort. Mine was a family musical, as far back as I can remember. My large family would gather in our mud…
Freedom is for the willing
Most of my early childhood was spent in the settlement of Lepashe, located west of Francistown, Botswana. This village is mostly populated by the Basarwa. My family was separated from the rest of the village by a few kilometers and two streams which were not passable during rainy seasons. Our part of the village was…
Welcome aboard motherhood
Motherhood is bliss. Oh, you will enjoy being a mom. Yeah, right! Wait until you climb on the bandwagon. Mama!mama!mama! No one warns you that you will have to answer to screams, shrieks, cries of ‘mama’ every second, at times, just for the fun of it. Bye-bye me, myself and I. Do they tell you…
Dear Christian
Dear Christian, I hope this finds you well. The silly season is upon us and I just wanted to remind you to be mindful of a few things while you are busy electioneering. 1. Pray for your country and your leaders Many people downplay prayer but not you, NO! You know better and the Bible…
Is kindness such a rarity?
I experienced the worst bullying at primary school. First, I was bullied for the fact that I ‘looked’ too big for my age. I was given nicknames like; mmamoleele(tall girl), oktol manyekenyeke, tsela ya kgalagadi, among others, by teachers and pupils alike. Then it was my scarred legs. When I was about 10, I developed…
Family feuds
A few weeks ago, one of my nieces called me and we ended up talking about her misunderstanding with her other aunt. The conversation dragged on for long.At the height of it was why family members just can’t get along. Being the aunt and one to always be quick to look for solutions, I began…
Should marriage be a burden?
It is disheartening how the reputation of marriage is dwindling. Social media is full of posts ridiculing this noble institution. Women, especially, don’t seem to find reason to get married anymore because of the perception of abuse and a general absence of joy in married couples. Just recently I came across a post-a picture of…
The woman as God intended
It is generally believed that the church is a gatekeeper of patriarchy. This belief has led to some women shunning church since they refuse to believe in a god who relegates them to second class citizens. Allow me not to comment on this assertion. I grew up in church but I made my choice to…
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