The horror of ADDICTION, By Josephine Monger (Liberia)
People who are addicted to drugs and other substance are suffering and need all the help and love to help them recover. I watch my younger brother struggle with addiction for almost 10 years. He went to two rehabilitation homes; during his third rehab, our mother wrote him this letter: July 12, 2016 Dear Thomas, When I had your older brother and sister, I was very young and I didn’t have the time and money to take care of them properly. When I had you, I gave you everything. I loved you more than everyone. I provided all your needs and wants. When you were growing up, you were smart and intelligent and everyone that knew you loved you. You gave us so much happiness and we thank God every day for bringing you into our lives. I watched you grow from a sweet innocent bundle of joy to a…
Post Mortem A Real Life Experience by Sayyid Elabor
“More rooms are getting empty. The family dynamics I used to know has been disturbed. I’ve buried my elder brother and I’ve buried my father. The house doesn’t feel like home anymore.”
Have you ever lost someone? A friend, Sayyid is sharing this really personal and true life experience of how he lost his Dad & brother with you.
Losing one is never easy.
Why are we so afraid of talking about some issues?
I write this with very deep bruises in my heart, with profound sadness, sadness and any other synonym of sadness that can be used here. I recently read the story of Lotanna aka Sugabelly for people that know that story too, whether the entire story is real or faux it touched the very essence of my being that i could not just ignore the matter.Her story is like that of a realistically horror-filled American movie.I don’t need to be raped first to know that rape isn’t something of a joke. I am a Christian and inasmuch as i want to talk about Jesus so much i also want to talk about issues like this which many people in this ‘we’ country avoid or ignore.Sugabelly has been sharing the story of her rape for years but only now did we take her serious! When i read through the comments on her…
Something I learned from MTV Shuga
I tell you, i am a BIG BIG fan of MTV Shuga. It’s not like watching Telemundo or ZeeWorld (trust me i detest those channels).MTV Shuga portrays real life stories which i can relate to.Yesterday, i believe i finished season 3 and got into season 4 — don’t worry a season has less than 10 super short episodes.Let’s take a look at a character’s life there:MALLY a.k.a Malaika: is a university student marrried to Nii. Mally doesn’t want to have babies yet, but her husband desperately wants her to. Everyday, he beats Mally blue black red and she can’t speak up, but her best friend, Sophie, knows about it and advises her to leave her husband.Now Sophie is a runs babe. Well, her life is pretty messed up and all. She’s fortunate enough not to get AIDS but her sister is not as fortunate as she, she gets pregnant and…