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The face of grief

Andrew’s death eleven months ago took everyone by surprise. At 30, he had always been a healthy eater, consistent fitness enthusiast and had established a solid career in software engineering. As a father of two, his love for his family had always been expressed loudly. They were on course to move into a bigger house...

drawing my suicide
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drawing my suicide

As a pencil artist I am pretty intentional. Almost like every line I draw is a reflection of the precision of my thought process. I draw a lot of different things, but not in their natural form. All my work is almost a sarcastic contempt of the vanity of existence. I remember this one time...

Love Bite
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Love Bite

It’s already 3am and it doesn’t look like people are planning to go home. I am annoyed, agitated and legit feel like giving someone a piece on how much of an irresponsible adult they are being but hey, I am here too, right? Wasted! My dad is going to kill me today. That much I...

Shuuu!!!
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Shuuu!!!

I would say like any other family mine is full of drama but that would be a desperately vain attempt at toning down the madness that defines my family. For some unknown reason I have always survived the more volcanic of our episodes, and I want to keep it that way. As a newly wed...

The rest…it was a dark hole!
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The rest…it was a dark hole!

My kids are fascinated by the flamboyancy of my childhood home. The bright blue house at the corner of Grisley Street in Avonlea has always been something that people talk about, especially when encountering it for the first time. How the gate ended up a bright shade of yellow is something my 45 year old...

It’s cold…but it won’t always be
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It’s cold…but it won’t always be

I don’t expect that it’s the room. I mean the heating system is still very new and Mbali complained the other time that this house is overheated. I don’t get it though. I am very sure that it’s cold. Well the weather app says it’s been pretty hot today but I mean it’s a gadget...

Your job was to protect me!
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Your job was to protect me!

Sometimes you act as if I am not your daughter. Not just at home but in public too. Like somehow because I am a girl, I am not the point of your pride. It doesn’t seem to matter much that unlike Senzo, I didn’t make the choice to have sex and have a child while...