Morning Girl

About two weeks ago, my eldest daughter celebrated her 18th birthday. From a bright little girl born on a cloudy Friday morning, she has turned into a beautiful and intelligent young lady. All grown up and ready to face the world, even as her eyes show a strange fragility. Morning girl, how'd you sleep last … Continue reading Morning Girl →

I Love You, Goodbye

When you find the one who just made your lonely heart skip a beat faster, your fervent wish is that the two of you will someday be together, and that neither of you will ever say "I Love You, Goodbye." Unfortunately, not all love stories are made down a two-way street. Wish I could be … Continue reading I Love You, Goodbye →

Lately

Not all love stories have happy endings. Once in a while, love will walk out the door but we are the last one to know. All we get are suspicions and nagging feelings. Lately, I have had the strangest feelingWith no vivid reason here to findYet the thought of losing you's been hanging'round my mind … Continue reading Lately →

I Don’t Want To Lose Your Love

Falling in love may be sweet, but falling out of love is just as bitter. When we feel that love is slowly fading away, we try to see if there's anything left. Sadly, we only find the painful truth staring back at us and we then wonder where we went wrong. The words could not … Continue reading I Don’t Want To Lose Your Love →

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?

When a heart gets broken, the immediate question that we usually ask is, how do we repair it? For many of us, we often find ourselves yearning for the time when we were still young, the days when life was simpler and our dreams were promising even as they were naive. I can think of … Continue reading How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? →

Crying in the Rain

When we break down and cry because someone has hurt us, we often don’t want that someone to know that we are in tears. Call it pride or strength of character, but there’s this feeling of self-worth that we try to protect amidst our misery and to achieve that, we try to put up a … Continue reading Crying in the Rain →

Rhythm of the Rain

Many years ago, when I decided that I want to be a writer, the below passage was one of the first that I wrote down. It was an unfinished draft, and at the time, I didn’t know what it was for, until blogs came into being, nearly four decades later. “The rains have never been … Continue reading Rhythm of the Rain →

All by Myself

In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, those infected with the virus are often taken away from their families. Isolated from others, they are treated nonetheless, but in the end, loneliness for them becomes an overwhelming feeling. Livin' aloneI think of all the friends I've knownWhen I dial the telephoneNobody's home As they lay alone … Continue reading All by Myself →

All in Love is Fair

Lasr December 3, the world celebrated the International Day of People with Disability. It's an annual event promoted by the United Nations and aims to highlight the achievements of PwDs all across the world as well as the challenges that they continue to face. In line with this, last year at around this time, I … Continue reading All in Love is Fair →

Father and Son

Last Thursday, my only son celebrated his 10th birthday. Since he was born in December, we decided to name him Emmanuel following the name given to our Lord Jesus Christ. Our little Emmanuel is growing up quite fast. His interests are rapidly expanding and continuously changing. We certainly welcome these, but sometimes, I wish the … Continue reading Father and Son →