Not having children changes very little about your life. Having children on the other hand changes everything about it. Out of all the major decisions you can make, this is the one you cannot undo. You can leave a marriage, quit a job, move countries and always start over but
I have periods in my life, where I don't want to be seen or heard. I don't want to be talked to, I don't want to go anywhere, I don't want to be called, I don't want to be around people. And it is not because I’m in a bad mood. I just need space to recharge sometimes.
My older brother missed my graduation.
No call. No message. Nothing.
Everyone kept asking, “Where is he?” and I just kept smiling, as if it didn’t matter, but it did.
That night, I muted his contact.
Three days later, there was a knock on our door.
He stood there tired, unshaven, holding a small wrapped box.
“I’m sorry,” he said. “I couldn’t leave the site. If I didn’t finish that job, they wouldn’t pay me and I needed the money for this.”
Inside the box was a simple wristwatch.
“I wanted you to have something that reminds you. Your time is just starting.”
I didn’t know whether to cry or feel guilty.
Sometimes, people don’t show up the way we expect them to.
But it doesn’t mean they didn’t care.
Are you guys following that professors story about her fraud case with Standard Bank?
One of the things I’m getting out of it is how important being educated is.
TSENANG 👏🏽 SKOLO 👏🏽 BANYANA