Themes Give Meaning

Themes Give Meaning

By Vivienne Amijee Every dawn marks a new beginning, a new start and definitely new goals have to be achieved. 2014 is here with us, having a theme for the year that will summarize all you intend to achieve is very vital. Let this theme be on your vision board, on...
A Letter To My Addiction

A Letter To My Addiction

By Nellie Umutesi-Vigneron I discovered you at the young age of sixteen.  Having watched you in my mother’s life, she seemed cool and always smiling with you, like she had no care in the world.  I would wait for her to go to work, steal one of you and act just...
2014: New Year Resolutions

2014: New Year Resolutions

Left and right people are making new year resolutions. Planning to kick the bad habits while keeping the good ones and also making new plans for the future … well at least till the end of the year. Then it will be another year and the cycle starts all over...
Mandela’s Funeral: A New Day For The Queen of Afrika

Mandela’s Funeral: A New Day For The Queen of Afrika

Many were surprised to find themselves there. She had rehearsed this moment since the day she was born at least that is exactly what it looked like the moment she stood there. There on that world stage. It is as though everyone came to this important funeral feeling...
Cinderella (and her Gang) Must Die!

Cinderella (and her Gang) Must Die!

By Nellie Umutesi-Vigneron After recently attending a toddler Princess birthday party, I reflected on the impact Disney has and still has on little girls and how it can still be felt as we transition into womanhood.  I remember myself going to Disney with my then 5...