Suffering and Happiness are Twins, Part Three
Posted by Love Samantha on 31/12/2011 · 3 Comments
Suffering & Happiness are Twins Part Three Thirtieth of December, 2011. Eleven twenty-eight “Christian! Christopher!” She shouted again. If there was any area that both her boys had shown little improvement, it was responding promptly when she called them, and neither had mastered the concept of waking up before 11 am. She had made akara … Read more
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Suffering and Happiness are Twins, Part Two
Posted by Love Samantha on 31/12/2011 · 2 Comments
Suffering and Happiness are Twins Part Two Thirtieth of December, 2011. Eleven twenty-eight Months had passed since she had evicted her sons from the house. That night she barely slept. The coldness of the blade of the knife she had stashed under her pillow penetrated the polyester filling and kept her awake. She was … Read more
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Suffering and Happiness are Twins, Part One
Posted by Love Samantha on 31/12/2011 · 1 Comment
Suffering & Happiness are Twins Part One Thirtieth of December, 2011. Eleven twenty-eight “Christian! Christopher!” Hilda had been hopelessly shouting the names of her youngest sons intermittently for the past forty-five minutes. Decades ago, when she first came to London with her oldest son and daughter, Chiemelu and Mary, she would never have had to … Read more
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