Going home for Christmas means nostalgia and anxiety
I’m excited and scared at the same time because it’s that time of year again. Going home for Christmas has always made me feel a lot of different things, like love and worry. I should be happy about the thought of being with family, the comfort of familiar faces,…
This is a story of self-love
Once upon a time, in my youthful school days, I found myself entangled in the intricate web of love. Love, they say, is a beautiful thing; it’s the sweetest experience one can ever encounter. However, my journey through love was anything but conventional. It all began during my junior…
From Rejection to Self-Discovery is the title to my story
I was born into a large extended family, and despite being the third child, I received a lot of love from my father. However, this love made other family members reject me, and I often felt lonely when he wasn’t around. This led me to believe that everyone disliked…
I am in my feelings about not belonging
I can’t help but feel like I don’t quite fit in. It’s not that anything particularly significant happened, but it’s just this nagging sense of not belonging that’s been weighing on my mind. Every day I go about my usual routine, surrounded by people at work, and yet, there’s…
Kedibone’s journey of triumph over countless traumatic encounters
Growing up in a family of six individuals, which consisted of my grandmother, father, mother, uncle, sister, and myself, my life embarked on a challenging journey from the very beginning. I remember one fateful year, 1998 to be precise when I was just a Grade 1 learner, my innocence…
Rising above discrimination because of my disability
Here’s how my story goes: It all started in 2013 when I had an accident that changed my life and caused my left leg to be amputated. Since then, my life has been hard in a lot of ways. Because of the disability, my relationship with my mother got…
This is how Lillian is overcoming dark walls through faith
Take a moment to ponder this truth: we are no strangers to being surrounded by those ‘dark walls’ in life. If you pause for some self-reflection, you’ll notice how much these challenges occupy your thoughts.
Life’s ups and downs, the situations we find ourselves in – they all play a…