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
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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
Lines of a Song Volume 8
This is not a condonation of extra-marital affairs but a mere discussion of a reality that has long been existing in our midst. In music, a number of songs have been written about this. Many of these songs talked about the frustrations of being involved in this illicit relationship and how the act of ending … Continue reading Lines of a Song Volume 8
Foolish Heart
I grew up to the music of the 70s and the 80s. With the latter, the music came to me during my teenage years, that period in life when the most exciting thing that can ever happen to a teenager is falling in love. Many songs from the 80s talked of both the beauty and … Continue reading Foolish Heart
In A Love Song
Have you ever heard a love song that really touched your heart? Since they came into being, love songs have often been known to do that, usually through the words used to create them. This song by Lee Greenwood is the perfect example. The words used here accurately describes what a love song can do … Continue reading In A Love Song