My older sister was 17 when our mom left.
She dropped out for a year so I wouldn’t have to switch schools. She packed my lunch every day. She lied and told me she wasn’t hungry so I would eat more.
I didn’t understand then.
I do now.
She’s 29. I’m 24.
Last week I paid off the last bit of her student loan without telling her. Just sent the receipt.
She called me crying.
I said, “You carried me when you were still a child. Let me carry you now.”
She still checks if I’ve eaten. I still make sure her bills are covered before mine.
Two kids who had no manual.
Now we’re building a life that doesn’t feel like survival anymore.
Ndio, ni vizuri kuwa karibu na ndugu zako mliozaliwa pamoja. Lakini, inakuwaje pale ambapo mawasiliano yenu sio ya kila siku, na pale tu inapotokea kuwasiliana, basi mmoja ana tatizo anahitaji msaada? Na mbaya zaidi ni ndugu mmoja tu ndio huwa mtoaji kwa wenzake wanapopata matatizo?
Yaani hakuna simu ya kawaida tu labda kumjulia mtu hali na mazungumzo ya kawaida. Simu yeyote itakayopigwa ni mtu amekwama anahitaji msaada.
Je, hii ni sawa ama nime overthink?
in SS1, there was an Eid break that was ridiculously short, so only students whose parents showed up could go home.
my mum came to sign us out. I'll never forget the look on the security man's face when my mom said she gave birth to the 7 of us 😭
A wise person once said, “When you finally learn that a person’s behavior has more to do with their own internal struggle than you? You learn Grace”. I will end here, today.