
āWait,ā I found myself saying. He was about to board the train when he stopped in his tracks and looked at me expectantly. I parted my lips to tell him what was on my heart but not a sound came...

Did you know that the term “going steady” originated in the 1950s, where it referred to a couple that was ready to commit to a marriage? Today, “going steady” takes a looser...

Just recently, I had a big fight with my boyfriend. āIād appreciate it if you donāt take my efforts for granted and play your part too,ā I fumed over our WhatsApp chat. I was...

Names have been changed for privacy. Several years back, a girl called Stephanie and I worked together on a childrenās camp for Church. Having only just moved on from a broken heart not too while...

What is love? To be loved but not feel loved. Is that still love?Ā Most of us love only in our own definition of love, the way we personally receive and understand love to look like. We speak...

āSheās okay what. Look at her. Does she not look okay?ā When my parents’ divorce was finalised and the relatives were informed, I wasĀ a topic of discussion at the lunch table. Not fully...

You have to believe you’re going to make it, GodĀ said to me. There are probably as many forms of escapism in the world as there are people. Iām quick to recognise it only because it is one...

One month afterĀ the passing of my mother in April 2011, I ended a year-long relationship with my boyfriend. The relationshipĀ had already been on the rocks for months. It was adding to the...

All through my growing up years, I was inĀ a string of bad relationships. I entered these relationshipsĀ with absolutely no standards whatsoever. I had no walls ā anybody could walk in and out my...