Retrospection

Things happen, people happen to you, and situations happen. They come into your lives, they adorn or stain the fabric of life you wear. Maybe they start at the corner — knot by knot, stitch by stitch with threads of bright colors, they form a pattern — it might be…

(*wipes imaginary sweat off brow) Phew! It’s a little over three-quarters deep into the year, and it has been one hell of a ride. Let me cut to the chase by saying the year hasn’t gone the way I envisaged. If it were an F1 race, it is one interspersed…

The past 2.5 COVID years had been tumultuously life-changing for many who are negatively affected by the ‘end’-emic. It is one thing to hunker down during the early pandemic period but it is another trying to survive the prolonged restrictions brought by successive waves of COVID outbreak. For every (relatively)…

Everything happens for a reason. I’ve spent the last three years telling myself that. Since I’m writing this in the last few hours of 2019, I can’t help but indulge in some retrospection. Life’s not been my friend every single day of the last decade, especially the last year. …

Yay. I’m glad you’re here. Happy new year. — I’m sitting in my room, thinking of how to make this piece reflect how much retrospect I put into what I’m about to share. Truth is, as I write this, my heart is heavy. It happens when I write, i become weighed down by the intensity of what I’m feeling. …

Because other girls don’t exist. — Recently I was in conversation with someone who proclaimed that I was “not like typical women.” “What do you mean?” I asked. “You know, you’ve better things to talk about than makeup and jewellery. Unlike other women.” I knew this person meant to compliment me, but I was far from…

A fictional note of retrospection Friends, family, colleagues and acquittances, a massive ‘thank you’ for making my life worth while. I have my reasons to pass on, some you may resonate with, some not so much — but keep an open mind and read on. 1/. PURPOSE: This word gets tossed around…

Remember yourself at 16? When life was all about looking slim, fair and beating that popular girl in making heads turn, When life was school, home, homework and pretty boys? When studying meant a mountain, but still was easy? When work meant helping mom with chores and using the time…

This Black woman's accomplishments in 2020 — Black History Month wound down in the United States as the shortest month in the year quickly came to a close. One day perhaps we’ll no longer need to highlight achievements that should be part of regular history lessons. For BHM 2021, I hosted a daily trivia series with a…