Tag: blog post

  • Purple Hibiscus

    Purple Hibiscus

    By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ‘Aunty Ifeoma’s little garden next to the verandah of her flat in Nsukka began to lift the silence. Jaja’s defiance seemed to me now like Aunty Ifeoma’s experimental purple hibiscus: rare, fragrant with the undertones of freedom…But my memories did not start at Nsukka. They started before, when all the hibiscuses…

  • My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

    My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

    My Sister’s Keeper was an emotional read. It is about a young girl named Anna Fitzgerald who was born to save her sister’s life. Kate Fitzgerald has acute promyelocytic leukaemia, and Anna is her allogenic donor – she is a perfect sibling match. Whenever Kate relapses or is sick, and she needs bone marrow, cells,…

  • A Mother’s Light

    A Mother’s Light

    O Look! The beautiful flowers have finally blossomed under her sunlight from above

  • Petty Little Thing

    Petty Little Thing

    You can complain about petty little things, how lucky you must be.

  • Changes

    Changes

    Alhumdulillah this year I’m moving onto a new chapter in my life that will, Inshallah, be completely different and new compared to anything I have ever experienced before. It’s going to require commitment, confidence, and an open eye. It will also therefore demand change.

  • Snow in Summer

    Snow in Summer

    This is a short 1000 word piece I wrote for a competition a while ago, it didn’t win anything, lol, but I thought I’d share it anyway. It’s about a young child whose parents are complete opposites, a few steps away from a divorce. Hope you like it xxx