I woke up today with a yearning. I wanted to go home. I’ve been living abroad for what sometimes feels way too long. For quite some time, I’ve had this tugging in my heart. The strings of my heart are being pulled like a parent beckoning their children: come now…

A poem — A confidant, a best friend, an anchor, He is none of that, He is much more. Ours is not a straight affair, We’ve had our share of tears, But we’ve always got each other. Not my better half, His flaws are a ton, His qualities surpass them all.

The hardest part wasn’t the funeral. Entering her house and being greeted by silence. That was the hardest part. For a moment we were all lost, not knowing what to do, where to start. After what seemed to be like an eternity, Mom took the reins. I was assigned the…

A poem — I see you fidgeting I see you wondering I see you twisting your hands looking for what to do. I see you searching for the right words I see you trying to do the right thing I would have laughed if I wasn’t in such pain. Come, come closer Sit with…

Let me start with a song recommendation and no it’s not a Christmas carol: All I see by Sinach. Part of the lyrics is the sentence ‘You are in control’. For most of the year I’ve had to remind myself time and time again that God was in control. …

Dear Alma, Am I lazy? Am I not doing enough? Then why do I feel like a failure? Those were the questions you asked me during our last conversation. At first, I was befuddled. How? Why? How did you come to ask yourself those questions? I blurted a quick no…

Slowly but surely the light in your eyes is fading I see you shrinking, and I keep asking myself Who told you that? Who convinced you? Who convinced you of your inadequacy? Who told you that the world needed less of you? …