Shammah was the type of boy Derin liked – the ones who wore glasses, the ones who had a slight bowleg and the ones who were quiet. It was two weeks since their marriage and Shammah was no longer the man she married. His legs seemed to have straightened up and he smelt like camphor, […]
Hello Royalty. How are you feeling today? Today, I am sharing two of my random write ups with you – read that as two of my “I-don’t-know-why-I-wrote-this-but-I-did” writings. They are usually spurred by an everyday activity, a thought, an idea, event – anything and everything. Enough talking yeah? Let’s get to it! You can call […]
Hello Royalty. How are you this new week? I really do hope that you are starting off smiling and full of hope! If you are not, then you should. Remember the last time you were sad and worked up? Did you smile eventually? Yes? Yes. So remember also that this too shall pass. Today’s post […]
Hello Royalty. Happy International Women’s Day! Every year, I am growing to become more excited when it comes to talking or writing about women. First things first, here’s a poem dedicated to all women: Here’s to women Here’s to fears which have become jettisoned. Here’s to obscurity turned to light. Here’s to you bursting at […]
Hello Royalty. I hope your week is going just fine. Remember the last post on how 2017 will still end well for you? Never give up. Today’s really short write up is for all mothers and ‘on becoming’ mothers in the world. We love you for all that you are and all that you do. […]
Hello Royalty. Welcome to the new week! I’m happy to be finally putting up this post and I hope you are as happy to be reading it. I sincerely apologise it’s coming later than it should (based on what I had put up on my Instagram). I spent most of the past week putting things […]
Hello Royalty. How is the week going? Mine’s going very well and I hope yours is even better. If you follow me on Instagram or on my Facebook Page, I posted a poem from my archives yesterday and I’m posting another today – here on the blog. If you also read my last post, Why I […]
Hello Royalty. Today’s story is for you when trying to be someone else, or believing Old Nick’s lie of “Not Enough” —————— It was midday on Tuesday in JSS3B. Her name was Shanika, or so we knew her to be before her grandmother showed up at school. I remember the young woman at quite an […]
