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Hello, everyone. This is going to be a new metaphor for life. Perhaps this is an understanding I’ve been moving toward my entire life, and I am still on my way. In my previous post, I wrote emotionally

En ​"Larisa, you’re not answering my calls, and we agreed to meet today. You’ve made it impossible yourself. I’m so sorry, but I have to cancel our plans!" my mother was recording a voice message

EN Hello everyone. I want to leave a memory of this day here. This week, I’ve been clearing out my father’s room. I took out the trash, his old things, and took apart the furniture. Finally, today I reached

​Hello! My personal reflections on life, family, and the choices we make. English is not my native language. Written in Ukrainian, translated into English for the Hive community. Photos are from my personal

Rachel, a widow with two beautiful children, has been having a hard time trying to take care of her kids. One fateful Monday, she woke up sick and decided to go to the hospital. After seeing the doctor,

I opened my phone to see several messages from Gladys, but I scrolled past them because I was already used to it by that time. However, after checking a few other important messages, I decided to open

I was happy to do the workers a favor to cook for them while they worked for my uncle at the farm. Yes I've always been happy to cook especially when it means satisfying someone else who'd be happy to

I still try to convince myself it never happened. If I don’t think about it, maybe it will fade into nothingness, like a bad dream upon waking. But some moments refuse to be forgotten, no matter how much

Creative nonfiction

I've heard a lot about the black cat myth in Nigeria, or should I say, "The cat myth", a recent occurrence I witnessed made me realize that the myth is not just about the black cat, but all cat!

I was super excited about a new power bank that I got for myself. So excited because I was eagerly anticipating the purchase, a purchase I'd saved up for months to afford. I thought all my low battery

Begrudgingly, I got up from bed. I wasn't prepared to travel, even at four hours to leave, yet I had to gather my senses and then grab a flashlight to begin packing. Who packs for travel at 2 AM? The unexcited

African settings have put the man at the forefront of every task, and this does not exclude approaching the opposite gender for a date or relationship. Sometimes in 2018, in faraway Northern Nigeria, which

Having to stay in a college hostel had never been a fancy for me, mostly because I loved my freedom and I could easily account for my hygiene compared to having to share conveniences with other students.

Source I had just come out of the shower room when I heard my elder sister say “why do you usually spend such a long time bathing?” This was a rather unnerving question as I always prided myself to be

Surprise comes in different ways. Good surprises, bad surprises, shock or bewilderment. I’m telling a story of a ten-year-old girl, myself, who faced all of these through a single event. Source It was

When I saw this topic, I was like “oh my God, I’m completely screwed.” A day in my life. I think up on till I started becoming active on Hive, which was just at the beginning of this year, I’ve lived a

When I was in elementary school, in fourth grade, my teacher delegated me a cultural activity to sing a melody called La violetera, that day I dressed in a printed skirt and a low-cut blouse. I made my