LOVE AND LIFE NETWORK

It was one of those days after we had achieved a major feat at work and we were in the mood to celebrate. A group of us guys strolled to that place that offers soft music and drinks. We had some bottles, mixed up the brands as we chatted. The cheer from several bottles and happy fellows, gave us a good time. The night slowly passing we decided it was time to go even though some wanted to stay and dance. We were settling our bills at the counter , and in walked the Area Don w e had worked with earlier on the project , he was excited to see us and likewise. He offered to host us to some drinks... We took a sit and in came another round of drinks...you know how we guys do it? We started to hail "the DON" .......and adding more titles to his name... the price for free drinks I guess. 😁😁 The don ordered another drink, and some of us were up to our limits and turned it down.  He got a glass of a drink, as he sipped I saw his pupils dilate so I asked what he wa...

We had just finished writing our last paper of the May/June SSCE, as I peered through the window to see my mates excited with screams, boys and girls running, songs of victory, and class mates signing out their names on classroom walls and our white blouses and shirts, I couldn’t help but think of what life held for me... the struggle to raise the exam fees were vivid in my mind until Tega smacked me on the head with ruler. She said “Ochuko everyone is outside celebrating, what you are doing inside the class?” I really didn’t feel like this celebration, but she urged me to join in saying “you would never have this experience again, just enjoy it”. So I zipped my bag and joined the play outside. While we waited for the result and planned for what next, I followed my widowed mum to the village market where she sells vegetables, and occasionally to the big town on market days when we had larger harvest. Our little sales was used to maintain the house and my siblings still i...

An event happened recently that made me remember an email I received some years ago from an older friend. The title was “PRAYER FOR DESTINY HELPERS” and it had a list of prayer points I had never thought of prior to that time and they were quite informative & compelling prayer points. Early in the year, A colleague and I went to visit a a former colleague who was bereaved, on our way out we saw a lady returning from the holiday and she had 3 big bags, (the largest size Ghana must go bag, and two Large bags) including her hand bag and her son walking beside her . I could see she was tired and burdened by the number of bags she had to carry to her destination and watching over her son as they walked on the service lane of a busy highway . While she was hurrying with the luggage with the little boy in front of her, she would go some distance and stop for a rest. Then continue quickly to cover the distance ahead, in one of those starts the luggage s...

Hello good people, its been a while here..but i sincerely wish you all a blissful 2016, that enables us achieve a bountiful harvest. That said, i received a mail from a male reader and he needs your help, yes YOU! please help, i'm sure he will stay tuned to your comments...Does he love her? Does she want him? March 2013 my heart glowed when i saw a photo of a simple lady in the concrete jungle  beauty to behold ,stench of a rose  i changed my walk path almost every evening to see her smile like sunrise on polished gold she's a mate for my soul who left this beauty untold? i gazed upon her mind if she wished to be by my throne She silently watched my approach i have never been thrown off balance by this wave i adore A womans heart beats twice faster but mine was four times after i lost control , i threw a stone into a peaceful lake the patterns were a disgrace i had planted an obnoxious seed  now i have become the weed  leave her alo...

The more I want to leave,  even more I want to stay.   With memories of blown fuse,  I find those of cheer I want to keep.   Though I couldn't stand some of your quirks, I miss them with a smile.   Though I said I didn't care, that was a terrible lie, When I said go to hell,  I meant please don't go. I know I said you were a thorn,  I realized you had a rose. Thoughts of getting even always seemed sweet, even more sour it's taste afterwards. Even though you are gone,  I'm waiting, hoping you return.                                                                      ...

Hanging out with buddies is always a good time for me. Nikki is one of my best buddy’s, whom our history spans as far back as primary school. Being that he is new in town, every moment we meet seems like catch up time and the conversation always seems to beg for more time. When I bumped into him, He was on his system doing a few things, so I asked what he was doing he said he was gathering some materials for a friend. He said I ran into a college class mate a few days ago and he talked about an exam he wrote and how he met other class mates.  He said in particular I saw Hillary, with excitement he asked about him and he replied he didn’t look good. He said things didn’t quite pan out well for Hillary like we thought it would, having graduated with a first class

I had just moved out of my parents house and was sharing a room with my "friend". I had no idea he smoked weed, despite his suspicious movements and signature weed scent(abi na odour?) barely two weeks after moving in with him, my worst fears were confirmed as he started bringing home his weed smoking buddies and they would occasionally roll a wrap and smoke it right there in the room or mix the weed with beans or spaghetti. Being a very curious person i always wondered what made them happy after smoking, so i decided to find out for myself(wrong move) It was a very hot day in February, a Saturday i think it was, my friend was out as usual. I searched everywhere for his stash but couldn't find it so i decided to go and get mine. I arrived the weed joint all sweaty and nervous, half expecting to get mugged but nobody seemed to be aware of my presence there, they were all on different planets all expect one i concluded that he must be the seller so i approached him an...

Life's waves washed me ashore, strange lands to explore.     The hand of fellowship you offered took advantage of me.     For I was only a stranger.         My voice they disregarded,  my silence they gave words.    My good intentions they judged, my best effort they condemned.               For I was only a stranger.        My ease they troubled, my quiet chuckles they probed.       I was cheated, for they were the accuser and judge.         I became their mirror, yet they looked not upon me.         I longed for home, for I was only a stranger....

As my wandering gaze fell on Ali and his friend, trickles of their words filtered to my ears amidst the noise around and my heart sank a bit. Lest Ali sees me staring blankly at him, I  turned my eyes and wondered how a boy a little over 10 years had so much confidence. He made the little ones scared and they avoided him except for Malik who was by far the biggest guy in our Primary Six class. Having bruised a few noses and mouths of his peers, Ali was the terror of the class. He would threaten to beat anyone - friend or foe- who annoyed him, except for Malik whom gave Ali that look that said "WATCH IT" and it made him stay put around him, since he knew this was more than he could chew. The fact that he was a bully who was also intelligent made everyone avoid him, but he still had a way of coming after someone.         One spring morning, as we all filed into class from assembly, it was strange to notice Ali's seat empty. The class felt lighter and happ...

I wrote my goals for 2013 and i was bursting with energy and excitement as i knocked off one item after the other on the list. by October the list was exhausted so December was just full of thanksgiving for me as i looked forward to 2014.  The celebration of the new year was over and i was getting set to work out my goals, oh my! i was in for a shock as one challenge came on the heel of another. there were good times to laugh, there were moments of encouragement, but as my effort fell short on target repeatedly i was largely discouraged, lost interest on some but as a weary soldier i trudged on taking each day as it comes.