Me, my pleasures and God.

That evening we had returned from midweek service and set the party we had planned in motion. We prayed, sang and played music. The normal Afiya would have asked for a change of song when a secular music started playing but I was in the mood. I stepped aside, prayed for forgiveness for what I…

Then ALL OF A SUDDEN…..

On a typical day, I will travel to wonderland a couple of times before the day ends and my wonderland is the best place for anyone to be, you can trust my word on that. I have thousands of cities and Castles and where I travel to normally depends on my mood as I embark…

THE CHAOS THEORY OF THE MIND || pre-depression, depression and post depression.

I believe depression from my point of view is when the poet doesn’t understand his own poem or when the teacher has to be his own student in a big classroom. After my first denied tempt to enter the medical field, all the thoughts that ran through my mind were “You are a useless being”,…

HER STORY|| pre-depression, depression, and post-depression.

Today we have an interview session with one beautiful writer, poet and an author who just released her maiden book. Depression is known to be very prevalent in creatives and we will get to know why. She chooses to remain anonymous hence we will refer to her as A.S. and I will be A.A (Afiya…

STRANGERS WITH EVERY TEAR|| Pre-depression, Depression, and Post-depression.(Feature post)

So after what seemed like a life time of being single, being in my own shell, being my own heroine and locked in my own prison. I finally decided that maybe it was time to move on and make new memories. I didn’t know this before, but then I met someone whom I thought might…

Hey love! Thank you.

And it’s Easter! Who would have thought? It came so early but hey, our Saviour is already on trial and awaiting the gruesome sacrificial death that will save the world from sin (yeah, yeah, be all theological about the dates and stuff. Jesus died nevertheless!). Happy Good Friday, lovelies, I pray the death of Christ…

You don’t know? It’s ok!

She was on fire as she spoke. I was thrilled and marvelled at her sense of confidence. She seemed to have everything together, I was so excited I agreed to hang out with her. I found her rather amazing and attempted to know more about her by asking her questions. I shifted myself into a…