Life in the city

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• Village Girl   Sue's career

  Chapter TenSue's career…Sue, worked with a Church related organization.Sue's house was enclosed within her working premises, referred to as the conference centre. While there, my sister had to wake up early, prepare breakfast for Jo, place it where she can easily access it. She would then rush to her office, she used to check on Jo in intervals.Every other 15 to 30 minutes, she would rush back home to check on Jo, see how she’s faring on. Or she would send an office messenger, to go and check on her. If she was found crying, then my sister would rush back. But in most cases, Jo was a very quiet girl. She used not to cry despite what surrounded her.Jo grew up in the conference center, and stayed there for as long as it was needed.Everybody knew her as a quiet girl and lovely.When the conference centre didn’t have visitors, Jo kept along with my sister in the office, and in the evening hours too. Thank you Sue, a sister who risked her job, f

• Village Girl   Jo

  Chapter NineJoJo moved to my sisters, SueJo moving away, disrupted me a lot, though I couldn’t tell anybody.But being young in mind and age, helped me a lot, I can’t remember holding unto issues.Jo was too young to know, so that helped her adopt to knew environment quicker. However, I still remember the day, I left her behind, very well knowing am gonna take long to see her.In between her transit journey, Jo had a stop over at my brother house. I remember, she was there for a couple of days or a few weeks, don’t know why?But I remember, she stayed there before she finally had her final arrival at my sister’s house.At the same time, her being away turned me into a woman full of courage, focus, determination, taught me to trust God more, etc.However, juggling in between wasn’t easy at all.I had to fight it out, for me and for Jo.Jo was my closest friend, my bed mate, my focus whenever I woke up and

• Village Girl   Teenager mother

  Chapter EightA teenager motherYou gonna survive it all…Do you feel like you can’t go past……?There was a time, I wept and there was nobody to say sorry, and there was nobody to tell me it’s going to be brighter tomorrow.I grew up as a young Christian girl, I knew the Lord, no bad character, went to school and before I knew it, along my way, at a young age, I conceived, dropped out of school, gave birth and had to go back to school.Going back to school, leaving behind a baby girl, at just a few months wasn’t easy at all but I had too.I needed to complete my education, with my “new back bag”, wasn’t any easy.I remember leaving Jo, now nicknamed by my siblings, was doing my college.Had to leave Jo in the quarters, because that’s where we used to leave, because the husband to my auntie then, didn’t know I had a baby. In African culture, that’s a taboo, meaning, something so bad, you did a wrong thing, so f

• Village Girl   House

  Chapter SevenFull house at Sue’s placeSue had two rooms, a living and a kitchen, in that house, we all lived together. It was a happy home, occasionally our Mama visited us, would stay a couple of days and return to the village. We lived under that same roof, whenever one graduated, look for a job, get a relocation depending on where the job was. But that was bound to be a home forever, because Sue worked in the same place for more than 25 years if am right.When night drew closer, we would then lean back, tell stories, recounting our different walks, the obstacles we encountered, the hindrances, mountains and valleys. And finally a straight path way, to different destinies. But we always learnt one thing, that at Sue place was a place to be.We all had to run back, every other weekend. Whenever we learnt of our Mama coming, we would all gather back under that same roof. A roof that brought wholeness, peace, joy and finally a very good night sleep.Sue

• Village Girl   Adventure

  Chapter SixAdventureMy new journey to the other part of the world…I remember vividly my then late auntie was waiting somewhere to rescue her sisters kid. Upon Sue grabbing my hand, she held me tight, pressed through the taxis, the pedestrian, the commotion in the city, until we got where my then late auntie was waiting. I was the most excited person, you could imagine, before I knew it, we had boarded a coaster to my new home.It was a memorable journey never to look behind.It was the safest journey ever, sitting next to a person, whom I knew had my feelings, my future, at heart. I needed security, assurance, and I felt safe.As the coaster race through the city jum, it brought back the bad memories I had in my first journey to the capital city. However, I didn’t let these ruin my happiness. A few hours past, then passengers started getting of the coaster, I was assured, by my then auntie, we where almost home.I have never seen a river in

• Village Girl   Life in the city

  Chapter FiveLife in the capital city……We woke up very early, still dark outside, we pace through the bush walkway, to catch a bus to the city. There we where, me and my older brother, we left for a strange land.It was a long journey, for the first time, I saw trees and houses running going backwards. That was the worst nightmare, I couldn’t explain, nor understand it and there was nobody to ask.We finally settled in with strange sisters and one new brother, [my step family].In the awe hours we had to wakeup early, do all house work, feed the animals, prepare lunch for the people at home and leave without eating. Going to school wasn’t easy at all, here we ended up walking miles and miles to get to school, more than tens miles each day, I believe.I can still follow the same route to my former college school, even after very many years.Its as fresh as yesterday….There was one family where we used to make a stopover, they told us, they