I randomly remembered something last night as I lay awake in my bed. When I was in primary school, I distinctly recall deciding to spend one of my break times in the music room to practice piano. My m [...]

“The state, fact or period of being mature.” When I was younger, I saw maturity as a level in life, a brand or characteristic that is thrust upon you by God. In other words, I assumed that once you re [...]

For the longest time, I was certain that racism was over. Apartheid was legally abolished and therefore, racism should be kicked out the window. Surely, so much hatred could not still exist in our new [...]

For the longest time, I've wanted to write about racism and what I have experienced so far. For those of you who are turned off by that first line, don't stop reading. Believe it or not I too was that [...]

Close to my campus, they are busy with heavy construction. Now, they’ve been busy with construction for a while now but recently as I was watching the workers and the progress, I realised that I could [...]

I never really saw myself as “single” until my 14 year old cousin asked me. “Why are you still single?”And as I proceeded to answer her, trying to figure out how being single was actually a thing, I q [...]

One thing that I have learnt this year is that I still have a long list of things that I have in my life that are just there. They don’t serve a particular purpose other than to remind me of past memo [...]

Recently, I was scrolling through Instagram and I found myself becoming slightly more despondent, the more I scrolled. Instead of putting my phone away and focusing on something more productive, I kep [...]

The other day, I got a paper cut for the first time after a long time. At first, I did not notice it until my student and I noticed some blood on my hand. (Gross, i know) I was so confused because I w [...]

"You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance."Psalm 32:7 This is not a deep or philosophical piece of writing. To be honest, I've been so caught [...]