Never Enough – A Short Story

Soft laughter filled the night sky, rolling through the tree branches as shadows danced in the cloudless night. Little feet patted this way and that, little voices trailing behind. All seemed calm and serene. No one could tell what was coming. *** Straightening after tucking the long end of her shoelace into her shoe, Ladi…

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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…

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…

Where Does It End? | Poem

As a child, I wished and prayed I believed in a future I was sure would happen I got crushed along the way Picked myself up, dusted off and dreamt some more Always within my reach and yet beyond my grasp This illusive perfection I'd come to crave so Waiting and still waiting Through hurt,…

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…