
What If
A “what if” can be more powerful than an experience itself as time passes, we must always live in servitude to the decisions of our...


Lessons From My Mother
As I get older, I'm finally beginning to see my mum in a new light. I'm seeing her as more than 'my mother'. I'm finally seeing her as a...


Being Present
The last couple weeks have been incredibly difficult for me, but I'd been fighting it. I finally ran out of steam last week. I had no...


"Home-training"
I come from a traditional background, but I grew up in London so my upbringing is mixed. There are things I did that my cousins in...

Ode To An Evolving Love
Dear Mine, I would like to think you are my snow. It appears this way because your love purifies the very thing that I run away from,...


Victorious!
Dear girl child, I know you were hurt. I know you were forced to grow up before your time, I know you were introduced to pain at an early...


Broken Doors and Unbroken Barriers
If you're anything like me, you get regular updates from relevant news outlets to your phone every other hour. Usually it just keeps me...


Broke
Not to be confused with woke - a state of being intellectually awake and aware of on-goings in the community. Or the state of brokenness....


Consciously Uncoupling
Just like there are rules of engagement, I believe there are also rules of dis-engagement. Traditionally when a couple breaks up, I hear...


The Price Of Patience
Patience is a virtue. Or so the saying goes. If you are to be great or successful, you must practise patience. Especially in this day and...