walking home on tired legs
‘my mom owned a cat! currently, she has about eight of them but growing up there was about twelve of us' us, because as was the case on that day, hauwa was narrating a story on her feline genealogy. her listeners (one doubling as a vlogger) would rightly caption the recorded video…
here’s to the women who are, so that i can be.
the ones who live fully, with little hesitation.
who heal you, just being.
here’s to the sisters who are
III
‘wa nan de sai su momi.’ you ever hear compliments that leave you gutted and completely lost for words?- and i know you meant well. you always will. yet , even that was hard to hear. the sound of it brought with it all that i knew and felt about us.
a couple of days from today, i will attempt the bravest act - suicide. it will be spontaneous and in a place i have always regarded as home. the weight of the world i carry will be too much to bear. i will succumb to tiredness. to anger. to frustration. to helplessness. to guilt and to shame. i will open up my ears…
i got ushered into the world of auditory learning early this year (late, i know) and it’s been one hell of an awesome ride for me. in this blog post i intend to go through the podcasts i absolutely love - which is mostly all of them, why i do, how i found them and make a few…