I have always had a simple dream for my life when I was growing up. Whenever our class teachers asked, “What do you want to be in future?” I would answer eagerly, “I want to be a nurse.” See? How hard can it be to achieve this dream? All I had to do was study hard and go to nursing school, then I would become a nurse. This was how I envisioned it all to go. I knew that I would need good grades to make it to nursing school. And to get those grades I must avoid all distractions.…
Author: town gist
I’m always late for work. There’s a name they call me. They don’t say it in front of me but behind me. I know the sound but I don’t get to hear the word. When they see me coming to work, they speak among themselves and laugh. I don’t blame them. I deserve it. If you invite me to a wedding, I will be late. If you invite me to your baby’s christening, I’ll be late. I’m late for church. I’m late for everything because of my husband. We fought about it on several occasions until I realized that he…
I found her at a workshop and fell in love with her. Her eloquence and poise had the best of me so I went to her after the first session and introduced myself to her; ”I liked the way you spoke. You sounded like you have more insight than the resource persons.” She smiled shyly and introduced herself to me too. From that day, we became friends who talked on the phone for several hours a day. She didn’t live anywhere closer to me but her office was a little bit closer to where I lived. One evening after work…
The day I met Chief I was in a very difficult financial situation. I was walking home from work while pondering over how I was going to solve my problem. I even got a headache as a result of it. While I was deep in my thought, a 2019 land cruiser stopped by me. I saw the car and the man behind the wheel, and panicked. The man driving the car introduced himself as Chief. He spoke with a Nigerian accent which terrified me more. I didn’t say anything to him. I just started walking fast so I could get…
The other night I read a story about a woman who is catching feelings for her boss. When I read it I laughed in pain because the same thing happened to me. This is my story. I hope someone reads it and picks a lesson or two from it. James and I met in college when we were both young. Neither of us had done it before so we agreed not to do it until marriage. Our relationship was a smooth ride. How could it not be? When I was with such a loving man as James. He is the…
George saw me once and he couldn’t take his eyes off me. I smiled in my head and said to myself, “Go away you sugar-tongue heartbreaker. I don’t need you in my life.” But he was a good-looking guy. Someone you look at and give him all the attention he needs because he deserves it. He was new in the area. I didn’t know his history but I decided to watch him for a while and see how things go. We went out on a date one Saturday night and he introduced me to the kind of world he lived…
I didn’t know my dad. My mom for years accused him of leaving us when we needed him the most. When I asked why daddy left, she told me, “He didn’t want a girl child so when I gave birth and it was a girl, he took your brother and ran away with him.” She made me feel unwanted. The sperm that moulded me abandoned me because I was despicable. I didn’t choose my gender but he chose to leave. I was bitter anytime I thought of my father. When my mom showed me pictures of my brother, I didn’t…
I belong to a denomination that preaches that we should marry from the church. They tell us that it is better for us and easier to keep our faith if we marry someone who practices the same doctrines as we are taught in church. I am talking about the Jehovah’s Witness church. Now that is my problem. I have never met someone in my church who is interested in marrying me. The church boys who come into my life only talk about having intimacy with me. None of them have tried to get to know me for who I am.…
My wife, Suzzy, and I have been married for the past four years. The first time we met at a mutual friend’s birthday party at his residence in Cantonments. The party went late into the night so around 2:00 AM, I decided to drive back home to Tema. My friend pleaded with me to drop Suzzy, his work colleague at her place on my way home. That was the first time during the night that I interacted with her. My friend had mentioned her in conversation several times in the past so I was glad to finally put a face…
I met him two years ago. Right from the moment we met, he told me he liked me. I liked him too but there was one thing that mattered to me most. That was, whether or not he was married. I asked him, “Are you not married?” He answered, “Oh no I’m not married. I have two children though. They live with their mother in one of my houses so that shouldn’t be a problem.” I didn’t have any problem with him being a father as long as he wasn’t somebody’s husband. Once my question was answered, I accepted his…