I don’t like speaking over the phone: It took me a while to get used to talking over the phone few years back when I reunited with my best friend. She would call me thousand times a day and I would just text not because I did not want to, but I just was not…
Rain does me something…
I love the sound of rain so much that I also think it calms me to some extent. Even on not so rainy season, I am used to listening to the sounds of rainfall on my phone or on a loud speaker before I go to sleep and/or when I am reading/studying. Rain also has…
Happy Mother’s Day To The Most loving Mother Saint Mary and all the Mamas out there!
A year ago today, I woke up and suddenly came up with the idea of creating a writing blog. Like I mentioned in my previous blogs, 2019 was a year of amazing transformation for me and through a lot of intentional self-reflection, I took the necessary first steps to creating one. I was even thinking…
B for Blooming
Dear A, You knew you had always been my favourite. Not only cause of the obvious, But, also cause you remind me of yesterday’s sorrow. In every little possible way. When I see the sun rise, My hope magnifies, The courage I have multiplies, Questions I had undeniably get answers. My fear shrinks, as my…
Am I Breaking through or breaking down?
Someone just asked this question and it spoke straight to my heart. My daily routine has been school, work and library for the longest that I barely had enough time to spend at home, and/or even if I did, it was just for a short period of time. I craved to stay home for an…
Somethings are out of our control…
As I got off the bus walking down the street, heading to work, listening to the song falling for you by Tamia. I fell. LOL! You are allowed to laugh as loud as you want because that was the first thing I also did right after I made sure there was noone watching! You know…
Alexa… block his number please!
Let me just start this by telling you all that dishonesty disgusts me. I would rather hear an ugly truth (whatever that may be) than being deceived to and especially only to find out later on. Seriously and insanely unthinkable. It could be shocking for so many reasons but I have realized the reason for…
It is okay to be not okay…
Hey beautiful people! Welcome back to Lilydope, once again. I hope 2020’s is treating you great. I cannot believe it is the end of January, already. Whenever I notice how fast time is flying by, I wonder if our Earth is actually revolving around the Sun at the same speed it used to before. God…
We got things to say to the Fellas…
HABESHA GUYS… YA’LL NEED TO DO BETTER! IT IS 2020 YA’LL! HAPPY NEW YEAR! The topic that I would like to discuss today concerns about dating and guys. If you reside outside Winnipeg and this resonates with you… well it is a good thing! Wink! I am specifically talking about those in Winnipeg, because what…
The Bakery that takes me back to my childhood
WHAT DOES BAKLAVA MEAN TO SARON AND HOW TO MAKE ONE? Alright prior to making Baklava, let me take you back to when I was a child. Growing up in Asmara, Eritrea, there was only one bakery that sold Baklava. It was located in the centre of downtown, around Cathedral area. The specific location was…
