Culture
What If I Never Find Mr Right?
There might be other issues in the future that some of us are going to need exorcism for in order to comprehend and acknowledge, but I suppose this one doesn’t. Someone once said that “you […]
Family
Culture
Cloak of Invisibility
When I was younger, I was the shy one who always got left out and was never the favourite. Not the crowd favourite, nor the sisters’ favourite, not the Aunt’s favourite or the Grandmother’s favourite. […]
Culture
Date Night
She rolled her sheer black thigh length stockings up her legs and wobbled to the full-length mirror tilted across the wall next to their bed. The shirt she was wearing went down to her knees […]
Culture
A Son to Calm My Nerves
I stood in the kitchen, preparing supper, stirring something on the cooker, a dropped spoon in the sink and back to the cooker and as my mind came back to the same thought over and […]
Current Affairs
All Hail the Single Mother!
This one is for the special humans! There are many of them out there. We all know at least one or two. We all live close to one.. We know her name. We have her […]
Current Affairs
The Unloved Daughters
We, the unloved daughters were all taught that mother is always right, hence why it takes a while for psychological and physical abuse by mothers to become understood by children. Sometimes it can be so […]
Culture
We Are Turning One!
It has been almost one year since I gave birth, and I remember many firsts I have experienced since then. I can say for certain that the biggest change has been clarity in my priorities. […]
Culture
When They See Us
My son came home with a letter from school, for a family day event that was supposed to take place in his classroom. Unfortunately, neither my husband nor I could attend because we had to […]
Culture
Lately, The Whiskey Hits Different
Lately, the whiskey hits different. Before, I would dance in my seat, laugh from my throat, while hoping no one would see the sadness in my eyes, feigning happiness and interest in life and lovers, […]
Culture
Life Lessons From An Uneducated Woman, and Her Skill Of Washing Saucepans
Growing up, my mother engraved in me the idea that the litmus test for being an Acholi woman is how “bright and shiny” your saucepans looked, after you washed them. She literally scared me into […]