Spending My Last Card.
So, I just remembered one of my many experiences in campus. It was a time that really showed me what we can call, "shege," in such periods in my school, we do refer to it as…
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The Language of Nearness
Closeness is not measured in distance. Two people can stand inches apart and still feel worlds away, or sit across a room and feel completely connected.…
The Child Nobody Counted Because She Was Already Home
In my country, when people talk about adoption, their minds always go towards the orphanage rows of children, and official certificates at the end, lengthy court processes, and…
A Day of Cancelled lectures
Good day everyone and welcome to another edition of my Daily Diary Game entry. Accept my warm greetings from my side of the globe. I hope everyone is doing great…
The Lie That Made Us Worship Our Own Suffering #288
There are a lot of things I have seen in this country, and there is one that doesn't sit well with me anytime I think about it. And this belief has become so, so deep in the…
The Subtle Invitation
Not every invitation is spoken. Sometimes, it’s in the way someone turns slightly toward you, in the way they listen just a little more closely, in the…
Is This Country Moving Forward or Going Backwards? The Operating Table Was Not Sacred Enough
Just last month, a 27-year-old harmless youth was gunned down by a policeman. Not up to a month ago, just yesterday, another terrible incident happened. I am not the type of…
Soft Power
Not everything powerful is loud. There is a kind of strength that moves gently, that doesn’t demand attention yet draws it effortlessly. It’s in the…
Every era was broken. This one is just mine.
I have been in different sittings with some older people where they talked about the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s with a particular kind of tenderness. They mentioned how some bags of…
Men live for the happiness of their families.
Greetings Family is the most precious thing for a man. When a man is born, he has a lot of responsibility on his shoulders. A few days after a man is born, his responsibilities…
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