GIFTS

Words are Gifts


  • Celebrating Mothers

    The day started, like any other Sunday. A light breakfast of bagel cream cheese and a few olives, washed down with a steaming cup of hot chocolate. The powdered chocolate from cocoa grown in the rain forests of Ghana. Pure, refined and slightly bitter. It was creamy and had a sweet aroma. I glanced at… Continue reading

  • My Notebooks

    I believe notebooks are friends. I spend a lot of time sharing my inner thoughts with and in mine. I can do this because of the safety, freedom and flexibility the blank page offers. My words fill the pages with all their honesty and openness. It feels like an escapism, as I am transported into… Continue reading

  • Thirty One Days of Writing

    Grains of sand can create a huge mountainRain drops can fill a mighty oceanAn army of ants can build a huge anthillTeams can work together and conquer allEveryday in March, I have created andFanned the fire, to release a flameUsed every ounce of my script and ideasLifted words from nowhere and been present.Thank you TWT… Continue reading

  • Thunder Again

    The bangs were loud, I woke up with startled by the noise. It continued rumbling throughout the night. I did not hear the rain so I got out of bed, peeped through the window and saw the rain drops on the balcony. Throughout the night the rumbling continued. Sometimes a loud bang would announce itself.… Continue reading

  • Thank you Couch

    My couch has been my go to, these past four days. Of course I have been out shopping, to the dentist, for a meal with friends and up and down the elevator collecting deliveries, cooking meals and carrying out household chores. How I bonded with my couch this long weekend is listed below; Thursday EveningMy… Continue reading

  • Motorbike Ride

    Daring to shop in the heat todayDarting through the midday trafficShaky rider holding on,to driver for dear lifelike ants the bikes swervecriss-crossing atthe green andred lightsBEEP!The passenger to a very experienced driver, I still felt an imbalance on the motorbike and was imagining all sorts of scenarios, whilst we rode. At some point my legs… Continue reading

  • Moved by a Song

    One of the songs by Kirk Whalum I listen to whilst ‘walking’, keeps ringing in my ears, even when I am not listening to it. I learned to take a few lines of the lyrics and write my own poem. This strategy I gained from this book, Alphapoetica by Kate M. Moore. The Best ThingMay… Continue reading

  • My Story, a Reflection

    My 2,500 word story was completed and posted yesterday. Before posting, I read it a couple of times to make sure the story flowed .I also made a movie of the story in my mind. At the same time, I had to make sure I was delivering to the prompt we were given. I woke… Continue reading

  • Thanks for the Invitation

    Dear Leigh Anne, I will be glad to join your party this March. It is interesting how I struggled to fill my analog basket. I guess I am used to typing on my laptop for and with my different writing groups. It will be an opportunity to write in my different journals and read or… Continue reading

  • Pushing

    Pounding those steps along the lane I tell myself “You can do it!” If I can count the rounds I put in, I can assure myself “I can make it!” The white lines stretch along I see them as my guiding light That yellow stripe gives me hope when my count increases I remember the… Continue reading

  • Writing My Story

    I’m yet to finish the fiction I’m writing. That story came to me long before I started putting pen to paper. I kept planning the story in my imagination. I kept adding elements of the story in my thoughts. Suddenly, I knew exactly what I wanted to write. I could see my characters and made… Continue reading

About Me

I am an Elementary school teacher , I taught at an International IB School in Accra, Ghana. I am now teaching in Hanoi. Writing is my passion and I try to write daily, at least in my sentence a day journal, to capture all the blessings around me. I write with groups of writers, such as Teach Write and sometimes Ethical ELA. I also encourage my friends to write , so I created a platform to make that possible -Writing Run.

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