Glow up
If I remember correctly, it is the English who put their fair maidens through finishing school. Where young girls coming of age were taught to be proper. Or is it to act proper? Is this a practice they still uphold? I ask […]
Muted
I lost my voice. Not because of the flu or a sore throat. I lost my voice because I let it happen. If you have been part of the journey, you will remember a few pieces back where I was grappling with […]
Youth
Getting older and not feeling old. Getting older where I am celebrating a birthday every year but not feeling like my age. I am certainly moving up in numbers, and everytime I have to input my date online I find myself scrolling […]
Golden
“Awwwwww! She is such a cute baby!” Rita exclaimed as she handed the picture back to Esther, who was beaming like a child who had been given a slice of their favourite cake. Lisa watched as the ladies around the table cooed […]
Still
In primary school, we conducted an experiment in the Agriculture class. It involved collecting muddy water from the banks of the river in the school. Yes, our school had a river running right through the middle of it. We placed the muddy […]
Heart (II)
All her shock, her pent up anger, her frustrations, her despair and her desperation. All of it spilled out from her core in uncoordinated and sometimes incoherent verbal diarrhea. By the time she was done she collapsed into a useless heap on […]
Heart (1)
It took her a minute to catch her breath. Her eyes closed, her legs still trembling, she put her hand on her chest to try and slow down her breathing. A smile formed from the corner of her lips. Eyes still closed, […]
Life
My hands are shaking as I type this. I have not written in so long I fear I may have forgotten how. The thing Malcom Gladwell says in his book Outliers, about putting in 10,000 hours before you can master a skill […]
Warped
Found myself online looking for definitions of trauma. Definitions of non-physical type of trauma. One source stated that trauma is a response to a deeply disturbing or distressing event that overwhelms an individual’s ability to cope and causes feelings of helplessness. A […]
When she handed the envelope to her mother, she knew she would get a reaction. Of what kind? That she did not know, but she knew there was going to be something. Nyambura stood there waiting. She was too nervous to go […]