On this day last year my mum was admitted to hospital for what would end up being her last hospital stay. Five years prior she had been diagnosed with stage four breast cancer the sunny afternoon of June 15 2012. It is one Friday I will never forget as our lives were changed immeasurably on … Continue reading A Most Fucked Up Friday
Author: Lwile the Leo
Lwile is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya who is passionate about Mental Health, books and Taylor Swift.
The Welcoming by Nora Roberts
Book 30/30!!! Feels so good to complete my 2018 reading challenge with a book by the most successful novelist on Planet Earth. My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews ** A guide to ratings ** 1 star – did not like it 2 stars – it was okay 3 stars – liked … Continue reading The Welcoming by Nora Roberts
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews ** A guide to ratings ** 1 star – did not like it 2 stars – it was okay 3 stars – liked it 4 stars – really liked it 5 stars – it was amazing
Logophile
I am a proud logophile. Google it. Words are my talent. I say that with confidence and ease. I know how to use words to hurt and to heal. I am not picky; big or small, I love them all. Whether I am reading, speaking or writing them, I just love how words interact with … Continue reading Logophile
Be Kind To Yourself
Today is World Kindness Day. Ellen usually signs off her show telling her viewers to be kind to one another. I do not need to reiterate the importance of that. What I would like to touch on today is one aspect of kindness that is easily overlooked. Being kind to yourself. Be gentle first with … Continue reading Be Kind To Yourself
Trust My Lonely
I am lonely and alone. I first wrote down that statement in my blog notebook in 2014. My mum was desperately unwell that year, being admitted to hospital on a monthly basis. No one in my circle had a loved one that was also gravely ill. I felt like the universe had unfairly singled me … Continue reading Trust My Lonely
My Self By Myself
I need a place to be my self by myself. I first wrote that down in January 2015 when my mum was hospitalized for 20 days. Little has changed since. As I wrote in this post, there are currently two mes: before my mum died and after my mum died. What I would like to … Continue reading My Self By Myself
reputation
Last year on this day Taylor Swift released a body of work that saved my life. That might sound hyperbolic, but if I am getting a tattoo of the album title clearly it is not. My mum died 1 hour 10 minutes into Tay’s birthday last year. reputation was released a month prior but I … Continue reading reputation
Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
We'll do it all, everything, on our own We don't need anything or anyone If I lay here If I just lay here Would you lie with me and just forget the world? I don't quite know how to say how I feel Those three words are said too much They're not enough If I … Continue reading Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire
3 of 5 stars View all my reviews ** A guide to ratings ** 1 star – did not like it 2 stars – it was okay 3 stars – liked it 4 stars – really liked it 5 stars – it was amazing
Lwile the Leo 