Dear John, At this point, you already know who you are. I'm writing this letter because writing is the only way I know how to express myself. And for some reason, I feel less nervous in front of hundreds of people than I do one on one. Weird? Well by now we have established that… Continue reading An open letter to my crush
Dear John, How are you? This may come as a surprise to you but there’s a lot I wish I could have said but never did. There are many unanswered questions and I guess me, nor the universe will ever know if those answers could have led to something different. You know I’ve always had… Continue reading A letter to the one that got away!
What day is it? Friday!! I cannot express how much I have been looking forward to today. S yay! it is finally the weekend. On today's Unpacking Fridays story the Amazing Gertrude Gwenzi takes us on a trip to making crazy dreams come true. Enjoy the read and be daring today. I am attracted to… Continue reading Tea and flowing rivers by Dr Getrude Gwenzi
How many nice people do you know being labelled as fake? Ever wonder why your perma-smiling and optimistic co-worker just doesn't feel genuine. From our tender infanthood, we are taught to be nice. Be nice to your sister. Help in the kitchen. Share your toys. Nice may be a trait people enjoy but is"being nice"… Continue reading Kindness over Niceness
For this suicide prevention month, let us help each other heal. Be human with your colleagues, smile at everyone whenever you get the chance, greet the security guy at your door. We live in a crazy world and we all have it hard every single day so let’s just help each other go through the day, this will be the only way we'll be making an actual impact.
Dear Atelophobe, I will not tell you that all will be well, I mean I have no idea if it gets any better. I know as a perfectionist you have a well laid up plan of how everything should go in your life even maybe the way you should go out to stop the pain.… Continue reading A letter to Atelophobes
The idea of Unpacking Fridays came to me as a way to improve my storytelling skills by sharing my own stories but also featuring other people in my circle as I believe we all have a story to tell. As we are walking into the weekend, today one of my greatest friends/editor, Dalya accepted to… Continue reading Unpacking the missing case
Do not disturb, silence mode, turned off notifications, airplane mode all these are my everyday go-to. I dread phone calls, whenever my phone rings I pray it is one of the only five people I literally constantly talk to. And if it is my turn to make a call, I go heights to avoid it… Continue reading Why do phone calls give us anxiety?
Many of us fail to reconcile with some life events but this stops us from enjoying the best of what we have If you can't control it let it go.
On today's unpacking Fridays I and my friend Mary decided to travel through memory lane and share our first teachable moment together. We all have that childhood friend, neighbour, cousin or even sibling we low key disliked and a silent competition always going on. This was the kid with good behaviour, great tastes and stellar… Continue reading Unbound
