A working mother finds herself in a difficult position in today’s world. She is often accused of neglecting her children and her husband (in the case of a married mother). She is expected to break her back at work the whole day and literally take on the evening shift when everyone else retires home. The…
Bye November
Goodbye November. Yet again you came and left us sore. You plucked yet another rose from our beautiful colourful garden. You rubbed salt into a wound that was in the process of healing. Like a thief in the night, you came and grabbed what was ours. The 2nd of November is not one of my…
The pain of loss
Losing a loved one should be the most traumatic of all bad experiences. For a moment you totally lose it. It is as if life is being slowly but surely snuffed out of you. You feel numbness all over your body. You want to scream but no sound is released except for the tears that…
On Mother’s day
A mother is the most precious human being I know. Often less appreciated, she perseveres through hardships and wears off all the storms. The process of mothering right from carrying a baby to raising it is wrought with challenges but she bears them all with a smile and with pride. Sometimes she is not the…
Self love
The advent of self love is upon us. Social media has played a huge role in this phenomenon, which motivational speakers and preachers of the word long struggled to impress upon their audiences. Whether these choose days, crush days and selfies are a true indication of self love is a topic for another day. We…
Heart of stone
I like to think of myself as a good person. Yes, I am a good person. I never make a deliberate decision to inflict pain on another person. If that happens, I apologise. Although being human, I sometimes falter, I always ask myself how I would feel if the same thing was done to me;…
Dear Boss
Dear Boss Greetings dear boss, I just thought to pen down a few tips to help you in your assignment. I have realised that oftentimes you and your counterparts forget the basic principles that could afford you a healthy and productive work force. Employees are human and they need to be treated as such. In…
The boat cruise
‘I did it!’ My heart leapt for joy. I hosted a private victory party, complete with a dance,right in my heart, unbeknown to the friends I was sitting next to; with whom I had been chatting for almost three hours. Need I say, to whom I also appeared to be the life of the party….
My very own
Before they were born, I was clueless. See, I have a couple of nephews and nieces that I literally mothered and my narrow mind assured me I knew all about motherhood. I even thought with so many children around me, there was no need to have my own. Whats the fuss all about? I would…
June is sacred
Of the twelve months of the year, the most significant to me is the month of June. I was born on the last day of this month. I have no idea how other people regard their birth months. As for me, from the first day of June I go through tumultuous emotions. Sometimes it is…
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