by Takudzwanashe Ndangana | Jun 8, 2022 | Short Story
“One minute I am floating, and the next minute it feels like I have been hit by a bus.” These are the words I told my therapist the first time I visited her a few months ago. I was hurt and hopeless, and although I hoped that the pain would go away, I had learnt to...
by Takudzwanashe Ndangana | Jul 28, 2021 | Short Story
Baba (father) has been sitting on the rocking chair for close to an hour and I am sure he is lost in his thoughts with Simon Chimbetu’s song Samatenga on repeat. He hasn’t touched his coffee and l bet it has turned into a cold coco-cola beverage. My...
by Anesu Nyakubaya | May 10, 2021 | Empowerment, Feature, Thoughts & Reflections, Uncategorised
19 years ago I lost a parent. I was 7 so I did not really understand what was going on. I knew what death was and knew it meant I would never see my father again but I did not understand what it really meant. It took a while for it to sink into my immature mind that...
by Gloria Busingye | Apr 9, 2021 | Lifestyle, Thoughts & Reflections, Uncategorised
Death. Loss. Grief. These three musketeers, inseparable little things! They travel together. When they show up at your doorstep, you can only comply with whatever they throw at you, there are no options. But if it even helps, I have been told it’s all to teach us...
by Natacha Umutoni | Apr 18, 2018 | Culture, Poem, Thoughts & Reflections, Uncategorised
The pain, the grief, the loss Is felt at the core of our souls. We live with grief. Every day. Beyond the dirty past, beneath the hard scars are fresh wounds We live with them. Every day. Grief is our second rib. Our constant companion Existing without her is...