Parenting/Family
Cooking has a way of bringing people together. Food, particularly good food has a way of making people happy and putting people in a festive mood. But it is the holiday! Everyone…
When I was about twelve years old, my mother ran a restaurant in front of our house. In the afternoons when business was slow we would sit behind the counter and talk…
“Your father wants you to take off your uniform, he says you’re following me to the market today”. My mother told me as I knelt with my hands on the buckle of…
“Bimpe! Tope! Funke!” my aunt’s voice pierced through the nightmarish haze in my mind. For the first time in three days, I was grateful to her for screaming this early in the…
For as many children who stay in this part of the world, i.e. Africa, a constant verbal profession of love from parents to children is not common. This does not mean that…
In the early morning of October 3rd, hurried feet moves past the buildings on Third Lantern drive for a few minutes before breaking into a run. This is Jon’s favorite past time.…