People’s definition of true friendship varies with their social values, beliefs, cultures, or sometimes needs. Some tend to be more attracted to people who align with their thoughts and dreams, and others, their emotional and mental needs. Continue Reading
Livies for thousands of Liberian children and at-risk inhabitants of our cities remain challenging and unsafe, especially during the ongoing State of Emergency and lockdown. Let’s look around and see how many children are let out there to fend for themselves and make ends meet. Do we really care about their future? Do we know that they are at high risk of contracting the CoronaVirus? Are their rights really protected? Are we willing, as civil leaders, to help them out?
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Reefs and sheets they laid
On the unseen skins of the deceased,
Commemorating their ways,
In spite of the deaths unperceived.
Decorating – they decorate the undecorated, those lives that cannot be consecrated.
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A worker at the clinic shakingly informed me that my grandmother’s condition was beyond the clinic’s capabilities. She was in a coma and didn’t have much time left, therefore we should hurry to be with her in her last few moments. As if I had suffered a stroke, I stood paralyzed, unable to move; yet I somehow calmly informed the rest of my family members the news. After the pandemonium had subsided, I was left home as the rest of the family members rushed off to carry her to a different hospital. With my optimism facing a stern test, I held on to the little hope I had left. Hours later, after being rejected by several facilities, I was informed that she had survived even after being misdiagnosed. Like ice melting into water, I was released from the tension of uncertainty and felt my emotions flow smoothly once again; optimism had not let me down. Continue Reading
It has been over fourteen days since I last saw you in person. Since I last felt the magical connection I always feel as we hold hands. That magic that makes sparks fly; that magic that grants wishes without me… Continue Reading
A friend of mine once asked me, “What do I do when she doesn’t have a certain characteristic or feature that I want in a girl?” My response was this: let’s assume what you want out of a person are attributes amounting to a rating of 5. Place those attributes in an order of importance. For example, he/she should be caring, a good communicator, independent or striving towards independence, attractive, open-minded. Now, ask yourself which of these attributes you can and can not coexist with. Continue Reading
Here’s how the game works, basically, the girls would go out to hide and the boys would stay behind and countdown for some time. After the countdown, the boys would go looking for the girls and if any boy found any girl, she was theirs to perform sexual acts to. Appalling, right? Continue Reading
It calls, at the most inappropriate and unexpected moments;
When I’m working, when I’m having fun, in the middle of a party,
Whenever it’s convenient, never for me.
And when it calls, I answer;
No objections; it’s the only thing I can’t procrastinate with. Continue Reading
The extent to which citizens will adhere to these measures will greatly depend on the extent to which their livelihoods are affected. We know this from our experiences during the years of war,when people are hungry, they get angry and will overcome any “obstacles” in order to secure their daily bread, even if said “obstacle” is a nationwide lockdown. Continue Reading
I am of the notion that times have changed and circumstances are different now than they were before – in the sense that Liberia’s social and economic disparity includes several other factors besides race. Cognizant of the perspective of Liberia’s history presented in this piece, I would say even our history books need to be rewritten, not only the Constitution – which was last amended in 1986 by a revolution that no longer fits our current socio-political context.
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