When I picked up her call, she was already angry. The things her husband had done had really infuriated her. It was not even the first time. He had promised that it would not happen again. After her narration, she said, “Let me confess, I slapped him because I knew he was lying and covering up his tracks again”. A […]
Quite some things began to happen after my mum lost her sight in 1998, but one thing that did not happen was the burial of her dreams or vision. Her last artwork before she lost her sight was a cardboard cuts of a dancing woman pasted on board with these words written on it: “Life Goes On” In that situation, […]
We were in front of a supermarket. Irewamiri mentioned the things she needed to buy and asked for money. I did not realise when my face betrayed me – I had been squeezing my face. All I heard next was, “Don’t worry”. She stepped out of the car. She made the purchase! I am sure I am not the only […]
Late that evening, my aunt told my Dad that her own aged Dad has refused to sleep till he sees my Dad. He told them he would stay up till we arrived, even though it was past his sleeping time. He told his daughter, “I am not sure they make men like that again. He is a rare man”. When […]
I could sense the hurt in her voice when she said to me, “I do not think we can ever work together”. Those words pierced my heart heavily. It was the cap of a season that we had struggled with bonding. I did not seem to know the right things to do. We were more like Moses and Zipporah when […]
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