Category: REVIEWS

This is not about the things I imagine while idling around. My 2014 was not a year to sit down and idle. It was one of the most serious years of my life, the kind of years I never wanted to get out. A few days into 2015 and it all got spoiled, that I…

“An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. She is like…

You know it’s Monday from that photo of a young boy holding his head, wrinkles on the young face and tears flowing. It makes little sense. When I was young all days were just the same; unless I had somehow enjoyed too much of the hide and seek game until I completely forgot about my…

Mummy says this isn’t good for me, but I keep asking where she clearly draws the line, if ever a clear line can be drawn on this. She believes in affiliations, she believes in mentors and confidants, she hates a do it alone ATT (as she calls it) but at least she appreciates that is…

I hadn’t learnt my lessons well. I could not pick his calls since he had kept me waiting for “hours.” I have never done it before. I am always on time. (No!!! A voice is telling me now. Lilian you have kept people waiting for ages, and they still don’t scream at you when you…

It had never occurred to me before that the struggle towards equality between men and women had reached an almost uncontrollable stage. This remained true until recently when I was directly involved in settling down a family issue that to me was a bit weird. It took me so much time to understand why the…

I grew up in a family setting that presented to me men as a different entity from women. Oh yes. Not even being a last born in a family of six saved me from answering questions I was so sure my brother was better placed to respond to. Despite being young, I always sought to…

I am in love. I have been in love, just for a while now. I can tell that it’s all genuine, that eventually it happening. After all the wrongs and hurts that were probably self-created. Yes. I always lack an answer when asked if I have ever been in a relationship before. I know I…

Who is a brother or a sister? This is how far my frustrations have taken me. For close to one year now I have been asking myself who is worth calling a brother or a sister. I yet don’t know. My dictionary defines a brother as “a boy or man who has one or both of…

Somehow in your walks of life you have had friends move from grass to grace, from poorest to richest, from grass thatched houses to bungalows. Miracles happen. Maybe you were part of their success story. They stuck by you when they had nothing. You shared the little you had, as little as your parents could…