A blog growing through life.
I had just made a Tiktok video speaking on suicide prevention with all the deaths occuring around us I thought it prudent to speak out on a matter of profound concern. I hadn't figured my video would be a call to action for someone. Welcome to my blog and I do hope you are taking... Continue Reading →
"The forgetfulness of where one left their teeth." Someone once described dementia like that. Reality checked when my grandmother couldn't remember me, mistaking me for my father. Its confusing at first but at some point you begin to find yourself entering her reality to make the situation more convenient. Mental Monday is all about exploring... Continue Reading →
Time to stop and take the blinds out of our eyes and start living life free from the expectations of the world around you. This post touches on more of my thoughts on the subject
My mum would flood me with different diaries from such a young age, believing I had plenty to say and no where to say it. In truth I never had anything to say until I was bored with a blank paper staring at me. I really never understood why she'd always ask me if I'm... Continue Reading →
11th October saw what is Zambia's first mental health conference since 2007, only 2 conferences held over the space of more than a decade with the promise of another conference set for 2020(this is how serious the discussion is). It was a whole day event speaking on mental health and just getting a sense of... Continue Reading →
My colleague turned friend was telling me of an encounter she recently had by her place in Kamwala. She arrived home rather late one night and as she waited by the gate, her neighbour, who lives in chawama, decided to park and wait with her, for her sister to let her in. Though she was... Continue Reading →
Famous words once spoken by Martin Luther King Jr. It is here that words carved out together from desire for change first touched my heart. I didn't even know what the dream was, or how important dreaming could be, I just knew that a man in America had a dream and his words moved me.... Continue Reading →
Photograph You have always been beautiful, not just how you smile or dress, It was in how you looked when you held your tongue and glared, Put your foot through the ground and became immovable, Its hard to describe you to the world, you are mesmerising. Are or were, its all the same thing, Your... Continue Reading →
A Turkish delight Pink looks effortless on you, like a second skin Natural, like the pearls you wear when you smile, A bold mix of beautifully dark, with an extra cherry on top, Framing such beauty of an image upon heels Funny you dress clumsy but command attention placed upon your 6inch pedestal, Call it... Continue Reading →
Hocus Pocus At 5 you learn quick that the lines are blurred, Its never entirely black or white, especially when you're 5, and no one really had the time to answer your thousand questions But the greys are not only ever in the clouds, But I had to wait, turned 17, and graduate into another... Continue Reading →