Let’s Pretend

Let's pretend the sun will rise tomorrow Let's pretend we're content Let's pretend winter will end and spring will come Let's pretend we're happy * Let's pretend the clouds will eventually move away Let's pretend we love getting up in the morning Let's pretend because we all pretend Let's pretend you pretend and I do…

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Musings of a Busy Mind

I wonder what you hear when I say I’m tired. I wonder if you think me lazy. I wonder how many more sentences I can squeeze out while you figure it out. I wonder how long it will take for you to understand my language. I wonder… because I really am tired. I wonder but…

#Lekkimassacre One Year Later

My greatest hope is that when the citizens go out to vote in 2023, they remember. They remember who is for them and who is not. They remember that instant gratification will rob you of your future. They remember that together we are stronger, better and capable of much more than we can ever imagine.

I did it! 😱

I did it. I actually, unbelievably, not-in-my-dreams-but-reality did it! I self-published my book. An entire 26-chapter, 44,000-word work of fiction. Arrrrrghhhhh! Honestly, I still partly feel like I'm in dreamland and the other part of me is screaming that it wasn't ready to be published but... let me tell you something. I started the book…

2020, Can We Please Stop Now😔?

It’s been an incredible ride with surprises on every turn. And no, not the good kind We’ve heard stories from our worst nightmares. We’ve had our feet pulled from under us by sudden deaths. Our shoulders have slumped with nowhere else but 6 feet below to go. Our faith has been shaken and we remain…

The Split Second Change

I bought a tab almost ten years ago. My very first tab and I bought it myself. So it was a big deal. I treated it like gold. Even though I lived in a safe city, I would put the tab beneath books, safely hidden in a drawer when I go out. One day, I…

To Post Or Not To Post

February this year marked twenty years since my mother passed away. That's almost all my life. As significant as this is, I've spent even more time than usual wondering how different my life would have been if she was here. And I’ll tell you a secret - I've caught myself feeling sad that I don't…

Blowing Out Candles

Recently, a conversation I once had with my dad has been coming to mind. I can't remember the context of the conversation but I vividly remember an experience he shared. I'll share a little background to shed perspective on this story he told. I've always wondered about the inevitability and what could be described as…

We Need To Get Angry

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. - Aristotle It seems to me that the…

There Has To Be a Purpose

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. - Norman Cousins How cruel, how rude, how disruptive. Many times, death doesn’t send a warning, no preparation, nothing. It just comes when it does, leaving heartbreak and chaos in its wake. I think it’s one…