Tag "Family"
COVENANT
Originally published on kalaharireview.com I was seventeen when my mother found out I am gay. It did a lot of damage to our relationship. She felt like she didn’t know
BEING BRUNO (Episode 3)
FOREWORD: So after years and years (lol), the writer of the budding series, Being Bruno, has returned to restart the series, much to my delight. It has only been two
IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE
Growing up, I shared a special relationship with my father. We were very close. Not even my only sister enjoyed the sort of love and doting attention I got from
IBK’s JOURNAL (Entry 22)
April 20 I like to think that the Many-Worlds Theory is actually true. That sandwiched in the fabric of space-time is an infinite number of universes. That time, though linear,
ANOTHER CONVERSATION
Vhar and his mother have mother-son relationship goals. This is established every time we get a glimpse of their interactions here on Kito Diaries. There was that first conversation, and
This Psychologist Gives Advice On Coming Out To Family
Coming out to family… It’s never simple, is it? But whether you’re a teen coming out to parents, a parent coming out to children, or a young adult coming out
NOT JUST A STORY (Part 2)
Previously on NOT JUST A STORY… * “Are you now sleeping with men?” Mother had asked. The words startled me as a wave of guilt crashed about inside me. I stared
NOT JUST A STORY
“Are you now sleeping with men?” Mother asked. I spun around in shock, dropping the knife I was using to chop carrots. The question hit me so hard, that for
BLACK AS DARKNESS, WHITE AS DAY
Previously on THIS STORY: I was set up on Friday, lured to my entrapment, beaten and relieved of my possessions, and thereafter, got ‘saved’ by the SARS police, only to
Till My Blood Runs Dry
I could see my brother clearly even though all the other dancers blended, intoxicated by Taarab music till they cast all distinctions aside and swayed in motions that could blister
