Chotto Kawaiiii

Image via WikipediaDriving out with dad today, I was busy running my mouth off when I heard a little voice calling, "bye bye..."  Looking up at the SUV next to me, I noticed the little tyke waving at me from the passenger window.  Forgetting the point I was making to my dad, I found myself turning into a squealing baby lover. ...

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Up to here......

Image via WikipediaI wish that I didn't have to feelFor numbness to mask the painThat I had space to healAnd didn't have to see your cheating face againI wish you'd just leave me beTo live my life in peaceMust you keep tabs on meEnsure that I'm still down on my knees?Don't you think you've done enoughTo tear my world apartTo shatter dreams...

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Cowards! Stand there and take it like a man....

To whom it may concern,Thanks ever so much for running into my parked car.  Thanks so much for choosing not to wait around for the owner of the ride you scraped.  Thanks for leaving that wide and long dent for me to fix.  And above all, thanks for proving yourself to be a coward.  The least you could have done was leave a note on my windscreen with an apology and maybe even a number so I could call and thank...

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When Life is Just too Hard to Deal With: 13 yr old girl commits suicide!!

Image via WikipediaReading the paper today, this story caught my eye. Girl, 13, Commits Suicide.Apparently, thirteen (13) year old Abigail who lives with her Aunt (Beatrice) in Takoradi decided that life was just too much for her to deal with. This child hanged herself for what she claims to be unfounded accusations of promiscuity and theft....

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Happy Birthday Lil' Miz Daixy.....

Right. Getting down to brass tacks. Iz Mai Berfdai!!! I'm growing old. it's as simple as that lol. For every year that's tacked on, I'm reminded that I'm no longer nineteen. I was so happy at nineteen. As Ray Charles would say, "It was a very good year". I had just started uni and discovered that once again, I was the "Americano in...

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When life is just too hard to deal with: World Suicide Prevention Day

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and it's got me thinking a lot about things I can do to make the situation better in Ghana.  Depression, Suicide and abuse are not treated properly in this country but at least we have CHRAJ and WAJU.  Depression and suicide and mental health issues are ignored in Ghana and I believe that's a huge boo boo.  I don't know why it is that we are so afraid of death. ...

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Hypocrisy at its best......

Y'all need to see what the Diva has to talk about today.I certainly couldn't have said it any better meself.Soliloquies of a Diva  ~Daix...

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When life is just too hard to deal with: Myths debunked

"Ghanaians don't get depressed,"  This comment had me laughing early last week.  "it's americans like you who flip out over everything."   First of all, I am very much a Ghanaian.  I simply open myself up to other cultures :P Second, just cuz I've had a very interesting past and it's scarred me a bit doesn't...

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When Life is too hard to deal with: To Write Love On Her Arms

Image by ninniane via FlickrSo, I was going to write one big piece for this week as suicide prevention day is coming up, but it just made me sad, depressed and frankly, I entered a dark place. I decided instead to provide links to info I think the world should read and give the little extra that I feel should be stressed on. Addiction,...

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Random event on the road in Accra........

Timeline: YesterdayImage via Wikipedia Venue: 37 Military hospital traffic light."That monster hates my guts!!" Always has! Like, this bad old monster waited till it was my turn to move through the stand-still traffic to turn it's angry red glare on me!!!  (Like it always does!!!) Anywho, so I'm on my way to work and the light...

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