The first ever funeral I remember attending was that of my mother’s. I was 10 years old then. My mother had died. Final diagnosis being double pneumonia. My mother had been living with HIV/AIDS, I found this out later in life. I watched my mom fight off illness after illness. Her last days on this …
I have been through the depths of hell. Anyone who knows my story knows that the first 11years of my life were comprised of some of the hardest times in my life. It was a time of great turmoil and heartache. What my young self had to deal with was a lot. I don’t know …
Always weary of meeting people that I really love and look up to from these streets because I am always wondering if they will be as awesome as they have been in my eyes. (I accept that this is more about me and my own expectations rather than about them and who they are). So …
When I was young, before I was ten or so, I was a really sensitive, nervous someone who cried easily and was constantly breaking things and tripping all over the place. I remember how often I would bang my big toe and it would bleed. My cousin would tease me, saying that I am a …
Dear Older Generation Nurses/Nurses That Have been in the field so long that they don’t recall a time when they were new nurses, I hereby plead with you to please stop with your comments of “uzokhathala” “nami ngafika nginjengawe…” “ima uzobona wena” It’s discouraging to me (had to change the statement from us to me …
“My Dad Your unconditional support and presence have made mefeel safe. You are always there to support me with advice. You are a smart, caring and wise man. I have not told you often enough how much I love you.” This is a message that I got for my father forFather’s Day this year. When …
It does not happen very often but when it does I really like to BE present in that moment. As the years have gone by the picture of my mom has faded. I just get a general idea of what she looked like. The other day my little sister sent me a picture of her. …
Are never ever gone, they forever live in our hearts… And I feel your spirit inside of me and it makes me want to be a better person, to touch more people. To have as great an impact in other people’s lives as you did. I cannot believe that this is already the second weekend …
In that dream I had just had night duty from hell and had had to go through rubbish to get to a meeting at 8 am. I get there, and there are three of us including the facilitator. Lumos was there also. It was some breastfeeding meeting. So I decide I should go. I go. …
I have experienced darkness I have come from the depths of self loathing that saw me make reckless decisions that could have had a lifetime of repercussions But I was spared. I can almost pinpoint the moment when I decided to walk into the light The moment when I decided to take charge of my …