Our Side of the Story

እኔ ተናግርያለሁ! ሁለት ወርም ትሁን ሁለት ዓመት ከፍ ሲልም marriage, know the people you date or choose as a partner. "ቆንጆ ነው/ናት😩" እና ምን ይጠበስ? ከመልካቸው ጋር እንኖር ይመስል...physical attractiveness is one factor not a whole central point. “He got money tho” his money might get you and your kids things but it’s not going to carve their characters. እስቲ ታንቃችሁ ትሞቱ እንደሆን እናያለን...withdraw yourself from being in meaningless relationships and the constant need to date for a while. ማን እዛም እዚህም ልባችሁን እና innocence-ኣችሁን ካልዘራችሁ ህይወትን አታቋትም ብሎ አዋጅ እንዳወጀ እንጃ...መባከን ሆኗል ኑሯችን:: You notice major red flags and deal breakers? Immediately check out. ዛሬ tolerate ያደረጋችሁት ነገር will bite you back ሗላ ለቅሷችሁ መከራ ነው:: Besides knowing who you choose to form a romantic relationship with, be comfortable with being alone first, understand your edges very well before inviting someone to be part of the chaos that is your existence. ወደ ሗላ የቀራችሁ ስለሚመስላችሁ አደራ! Don’t get involved with someone you don’t share anything with...ባለህበት ተራመድ ለምን አትሆኑም? እሰይ ደግ! Experience ይሆናል እያሉ እሹሹ የሚሏችሁን ወደዛ...ልብ ሸርሽሮ experience የለም! ደግሞ Ex መደርደር ጀብድ የሚመስላቸው ሰዎችም አሉ እናንተዬ አለማወቅ ይሆናል አልፈርድም! ጀብድም ይሆናል እኮ...ምን አውቅ እና እኔ ህእ🤭 As a society we’re conditioned to loathe lonesome, ሁካታ እንወዳለን...የውስጥ ሁካታን ሳያበርዱ አጃቢ ቀውስ መፈለግ ምፅ::

እናንተ! እንኳን አደረሰን :) 2015 was too much to handle but እግዚአብሔር ይመስገን we made it! I’m grateful that I get to share pieces of my journey with you guys! የምወዳችሁ ነኝ...ሸጋ ዓመት ለሁላችን💜

Also I want to have a conversation with whoever came up with the idea of ምንጣፍ...ጣውላ and መጋረጃ አጠባ በዓል በመጣ ቁጥር:: Why am I sacrificing my back just for everyone and their mommas to come ruin it?

I wish holidays came with just the gratitude, sharing good food together and without the obligations of socializing and less of the snarky comments from relatives who have absolutely zero idea of what happened to you over the year.

እና the usual escape of “I don’t like politics” doesn’t sound as cool as you think lol. No one is asking to become an activist but at least know what’s going on around you, your opinion or comment won’t change anything but at least pray for your people and for better leaders.

The police emphasize that the city has more issues like terrorism to the point they are just protecting themselves.

The same man who admitted to raping about 12 young boys.

A documentary on the prostitution of young boys in the city Peshawar, Pakistan, made me hate every truth I built in my mind. Yes, you’ve read it right. In a vicinity of the city where bus and truck drivers are dominant, Prostitution of young boys, starting from the age of six to eight because of the poverty and unfortunate living situations they’re forced to go out and fetch money for their family. Collecting trash and selling it off for recycling. “How much are you supposed to take home every day?” The interviewer asks “200 rupees at least” “What if you don’t get that much, what will your parents do to you?” “They beat me” When these boys roam around the streets, they get catcalls from the drivers, if they have homes to go back to they are lucky enough to escape. But most of them are runaways and orphans, if they don’t make enough money for their food and a bed for their night, they sell their bodies. It is such a normal trend for them and everyone that no one does anything to stop this. One conductor of a bus who has engaged in raping a young boy says “he was that kind of kid”, insinuating the boys ask for it and are happy to do it. The world is not beautiful, so many vile and gruesome things are happening beyond you’d like to believe. Step out of the bubble of reality you’ve made for yourself and see things for what they really are.

‘እኔ አፈር ልብላ' warms my heart.

I don’t think I’ll ever be ready to write about some things, people.

The notion of things fleeting and passing like nothing is so fascinating to me. An inferno that robbed you off your peace and torture you as if your skin was being peeled off, now it’s just gone and there’s nothing but memories left. The same truth for happy days too.

ከእናት ዓለም ጋር እያወራን...this was the first time we had a long conversation in a while. በብዙ ነው የምቀናባት (the healthy one), her ability to talk about the hardest moments of her life without tears and ሳግ ሳይተናነቃት is the top of the list. መድሀንያለም ያሳያችሁ after she tells me she went through things I’d simply give up on ጉዋ ብላ "እግዚአብሔር ምን እንደሚሰራ እና እንደሚያስተምረኝ አይታወቅም" like?? Where does this positivity and faith come from because I want one. ምፅ አልጨረስኩም...watching her figure out what she wants to do and not worry about anyone’s opinion because she still has time and it’s never too late almost had my heart explode. I ask why እህ ከዛስ...guess what she says “ባክሽ ማሚዬ እግዚአብሔር የሚረፍድበት አምላክ አይደለም...he does things ሳይፈጥንም ሳይዘገይም" ሲጀመር እኔ መተንፈስም ማውራትም አልችልም...ዝም:: ብቻ this conversation healed so many of the bruised pieces of my heart...ዘይገርም ነው!