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Grandmother's Shack

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                                                         Grandmother’s Shack I heard someone shouting loudly, which was bizarre in the morning. I got out of our house and tried to listen to where the noise was coming from. That is when I saw Rita, my younger cousin, running down the hill towards our compound. She had a twig that she was waving profusely from east to west. I knew she was in distress, but could not make out what she was trying to say. By this time, everyone had come out of their houses, including grandmother Teresia. Rita never made it to our compound, as we saw her fall down abruptly as she came down the hill. Samson, my older cousin, ran out of the compound, followed by my uncles, to check what had happened to her. To understand our past I will have to go back to the beginning. There were five houses with two shacks in ou...
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TRAUMA

DAY ONE I will never forget the day it happened. It will forever be etched in mind as the day I almost had my last breath. I was perplexed by how easily one can go from one world to the next. With no preparation at all. It is those accidents that leave you questioning what really happened?. I remember that I was really happy this day. I had just accomplished something great in my life and was glad that I could move to the next milestone. I was with my husband and his brother and decided that we will alight just before our stage to meet two of their sister. I was the second to alight and because the space between the bus and the pavement was very narrow I decided the best move would be to jump to the other side of the trench. That was the last decision I made that day since the next thing I heard was a big thud followed by my own cry of anguish. I was disoriented, felt dizzy and could not lift myself up. I was pulled up by two strong hands; I felt one as that of my husband and ano...
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