Ihunanaya bu otu ihe mmadu na agaa akòwacha, because its too big , too broad, too huge to have a specific definition. But when you’ve experienced it, definition doesn’t matter anyway.
The COVID-19 pandemic is often compared to the 1918 Spanish Flu. This historical event is also called the “forgotten” pandemic, as an entire generation of brilliant, influential writes like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway have hardly mentioned it in their work, while covering important political and economic events of the time. Now, many worry […]
Let yourself feel some pride over the fact that you’ve learned something new.
This memoir excerpt was written by Marisa Russello in Megan Stielstra’s 12-Month Memoir Generator
As parents, we tend to make the silliest, most unreasonable decisions. Are we so infatuated by our children, so loving of our creation that we will do anything to keep them by our side, forever in our embrace, forever secluded from the challenges of the outside world? How far does a parent go to keep […]
And why you should too. My response to I Hate Men in the New York Times.
I wish I hadn’t cheaped-out. If I had just brought all of the video tapes instead of a select few to be transferred I would have the video I’m in need of right now. I picked out births and christenings, when I’m really in need of “pick of the litter footage”. I thought I had […]
Perhaps the world did understand me, if only in that I felt broken and psychiatry agreed I was.
Is it a place to hide? A place to heal? A place to quarantine? Or a forever member of the family?
“The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.”