Sayo VI
It’s been so long since I was this happy, and I keep thinking that there must be something going to happen – when will the other boot fall? I heard myself laugh the other day – genuine laughter that wasn’t made up, and it startled me.
Sayo V
It was a place where, even at her lowest, she’d been held, loved, and given space to begin to find her way back to herself. Their packed suitcases reminded her of the life still waiting for her, of this beautiful young man who refused to let her go, and of her own strength, which hadn’t left her even when she thought it had.
Akaa & Alima XII
“And I know you must think I’m stupid, or that I’m a homewrecker. I have tried to put him out of my mind. I have tried to forget him. I have even tried to hate him so that maybe it’ll all just go away. I can’t.”
Lilongwe
That evening, I saw his red-hot anger, and for some reason, that pacified me and made the whole experience worth it.
Sayo II
…you have to make peace with the fact that you are the villain in someone else’s story even if you thought you were doing the right thing. You don’t get to tell them how to narrate their experience..
Perspectives VI
Guuys!! I know sometimes you have to go all the way back to read from the start, because there’s so much time between episodes. lol. I promise to do better.…
A letter to you from Jail…
Disclaimer: This letter, as is the case with most of my letters, is highly fictitious. It’s as usual, a work of my crazy and twisted imagination… (LOL) A letter from…
From my heart to yours, Dear Sir….
Dear Mr President… This letter isn’t to play politics, or to lambaste. I’m not taking sides – there is no side. We’re Ghanaians. That’s our side. I’m a young adult from…
The Difference in Four Hours…
So I entered the land… Kumasi! A mere four hours away from home…. I’d heard so much about it, yet I had no idea what to think about it I…
