Archive for the 'Family' Category



A College Grad 86 Comments

journey taken. They say a bunch of things. When a journey finally reaches a destination you graduate; apparently! Then what, ‘Quarter-Life Crises!‘ I went through it, and I am in consensus with Mr Ashe: Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

I Miss Him 50 Comments

My Grandfather, he passed away at the beginning of this year. He was 87 years old. I am not in bereavement. I am looking at it as a conclusion to a great and fruitful life. The older I get, the more I realize that Abaye, I called him that, had a great influence on me. [...]

Half Way In between… 19 Comments

A generation gap, a cultural gap….  Here is an issue that is most often not addressed but existent. Everyone talks about how they all went through culture-shock coming to "Wuch Ager" and how the young ones are fortunate because they can "fit" into the new environment easily…..and blah blah blah… But a couple of months later…They are bitterly complaining [...]

She used to know me 15 Comments

She looks familiar.  Have I seen her before? I must have.  There is a crowd of at least 100 in the room “moshing” to the beat of some immature rock band playing.  “I donwannaknow I donwannaknow I donwannaknow” screams the lead singer with swollen blood vessels on his face ready to burst like a teenager’s [...]