suqueen in #hive-170798 • 3 days agoThe Door Upstairs | Fiction.For a very long time Nobody was allowed into the room upstairs.. Not visitors. Not relatives. Not even the housekeeper. Its been twelve years now, the door has remained locked asuqueen in #hive-124452 • 5 days agoI GO ALL OUT & I'M NOT SORRY- LOH 301Okay so let me say this , I am NOT one of those people who splashes water on their face and considers it as a skincare routine, No, I'm actually put money into my skin and I…suqueen in #hive-124452 • 13 days agoThe Day I Learned Adults Don't Have All the Answers - LOH 300As a little girl, I believed adults knew absolutly everything... Not some things. Completly Everything. I thought my parents had a solution for every problem... teachers…suqueen in #hive-124452 • 18 days agoGIRLS ARE WITHOUT A MANUAL - LOH 299I grew up hearing the same old story it almost became a folklore.. "women can't really be friends with each other"... There's Too much competition, too much jealousy, too much…suqueen in #hive-124452 • 3 months agoToo Much. Loh289Sometime last month I was standing in my kitchen at 11pm, eating rice I had cooked at 7pm and forgotten about, replying to a message I should have replied to three days ago, and…suqueen in #hive-124452 • 4 months agoMy Reason for Living. LOH 285 My Reason for Living Good evening Ladies, I'm glad to be here after a while. My main reason for living is simple, I am here to fulfill the purpose that God gave me before I…suqueen in #hive-170798 • last yearThe Coffee That Changed Everything. | Creative Fiction.I’ve never been much of a morning person, which is ironic, because every job I’d ever held seemed to demand early starts. That particular Tuesday, I was late again. The bus had…suqueen in #hive-170798 • last yearI Only Went in for a Coffee. | Creative Fiction.I only went in for a coffee, that was it. One cup. Maybe a slice of cake if it looked good. Bus was in what ,forty minutes? Enough time to sip, maybe check my phone. Morning…suqueen in #hive-176874 • last yearToo Many Subjects, Too Little SkillsNigeria : The Curriculum Overload From my years in Nigeria’s 6‑3‑3‑4 system, I discovered what many of us experience: classrooms jam‑packed with up to 15 subjects at a time. We…suqueen in #hive-176874 • last yearRaising Resilient KidsI’ve heard that line so many times: “My children must never go through what I went through.” And on the other side: “They have to suffer small, so they can know life.” Funny…suqueen in #hive-170798 • last yearThe Biscuit Tin Theory of My Life | Creative Nonfiction.I don’t remember exactly when I started keeping receipts, but it’s been a while. It started small. A few supermarket receipts stuffed into a purse I no longer used. Then came…suqueen in #hive-11060 • last yearThe Gift I Didn’t Learn But Couldn’t IgnoreI never learned to write. Nobody sat me down and explained the structure, the conflict, or even pacing. I never ventured into the study of literature. I never curled up with some…suqueen in #hive-124452 • last yearMy Peace Lives in the Corners I Tend. | #248Some people say love can find you at any age, and I believe that. But at 71, I’ve come to realize something even more valuable than new romance peace. If I were a widow at this…suqueen in #hive-11060 • last yearWhen Love Fades: A Hard GoodbyeI didn’t expect to wake up one day and feel… nothing. There wasn’t some huge fight. No betrayal. Just this quiet, creeping emptiness that settled between us like fog I couldn’t…suqueen rebloggedjustfavour in #hive-153850 • last yearDiscovering Who People Truly AreI read @afriken’s post and something about it caught my attention. In her post, she mentioned that human beings should get to know themselves based on who they truly are, not just basesuqueen in #hive-176874 • last yearWaving at the Wrong Person: My Cringe MomentCalabar is a place where you think everyone knows everybody, well at least I think. This day stands out so clearly in my mind that I giggle (and cringe a little) every time it…suqueen in #hive-115325 • last yearIf My Cat Could TalkIf my sassy my cat ever finds a way to talk, I’m finished. No explanation, no defense I’ll just quietly pack my things and leave the country because the amount of things she…suqueen in #hive-176874 • last yearShowing Up, When It Mattered MostThere’s something about showing up for people when they aren’t ready, and even when they don’t even know how to ask. I used to think giving back was giving money or volunteering…suqueen in #hive-170798 • last yearThe Rain That Changed EverythingI don’t know if anyone else has ever had one of those days where everything is planned, packed, prayed for… and then the universe just says, “Not today….. Yeah… It was a…suqueen in #hive-176874 • last yearMy Morning Walks Changed EverythingI used to be the kind of person who struggled to get out of bed. The snooze button on my alarm was my best friend, and every morning felt like punishment ,But then everything…
