Loneliness

The lonely nights,the silence right after babies go to bed.The resounding silence when you can’t fall asleep because you aren’t tired enough,or you are think about something. Wondering how you got to this place,the place that you are alone.If you are like me and you made the conscious choice to be single then you’ll consoleContinue reading “Loneliness”

This exact time

I sit here by myself trying to exist in a space so huge and yet none of this is enoughI listen to my being fight within itself as it tries to enjoy my current beingThis quite time that I have is all I have waited in a long time Yet in this exact time IContinue reading “This exact time”

My best friend

Today I write of my best friend,a beautiful woman with an amazing soul. I don’t know where to start so I will just wing it.People talk about fights they have with their sisters and I have always wondered what that’s like.Then she walked in to my life and nothing has ever been the same.One yearContinue reading “My best friend”

Diary of Parenting

My child asked me to give her privacy today.I stood there very surprised and she thought I didn’t hear her.She called me and said “I need privacy please excuse me for a minute”. I couldn’t process it,neither could I answer do I just walked away.In the evening I was talking to a friend and sheContinue reading “Diary of Parenting”

Friendships

I advocate for being there for each other.In a sensible way because it really eases many of our struggles.Yesterday I had a serious migraine,the kind that makes you want to cry.So I tell my best friend and because health practitioners are interesting people she goes ahead to examine me.She makes a conclusion and recommends medication.IContinue reading “Friendships”

From the mouth of babes

My child has an infection.Its minor, however she needed mediation so I got her some.They don’t taste so well because it’s medicine.This morning am giving her a dose and she is whispering something.”I am brave, I am brave”. I am marvelling at the way she is calm saying it and takes the medicine without cringing.InContinue reading “From the mouth of babes”

DIARY OF MY TODAY

I am looking into the eyes of a child.Let me start from the beginning,I am sitting somewhere and across from me is a baby and her mom.She is about a year old and is being a baby,wants to play,wants to be held and is even trying to eat everything she touches.She keeps smiling at meContinue reading “DIARY OF MY TODAY”

My mother

Successful means achieving the goals we set for ourselves.At the mention of successful I think about my mother.That amazing woman has lived her life exactly how she wants it.The things she didn’t want she changed.The things she desired she went out and got them.I listen to her sometimes talking about the struggles it took toContinue reading “My mother”

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