Wenzel Nicolls Sr (November 5, 1926 – January 12, 2010) My grandfather’s blood lives on in me. His body is gone, but his spirit will always be with us. I celebrate him so he may be lifted up to take his seat amongst the great ancestors. As a proud Bahamian and strong African man, he was a hard worker and …
The morning after
Good morning world! Noelle Khalila is born again. This time I pushed myself out of the womb of my mind, but my mother, and by extension my father, played no less of a role than when they pushed me out 25 years ago. At my reBirth party on Sunday I had both of my parents by my side. Particularly because …
Teetering on insanity
(Today I am born again. Today I remember the journey) Except from my journal: People will probably think I’m crazy. In fact, I think I’m going crazy. I talk to pictures of Steele, laughing with him, smiling with him, crying with him. I kiss his lips through the screen of my laptop. We play a staring game that he always …
Off to look for Steele
(Today I am born again. Today I remember the journey) Except from my journal: I just wanna know when he’s coming back and where he is so I can call him and hear his voice; let him know I love him and I miss him and hurry back. I wanna know why he hasn’t called me yet to tell me …
My meeting with God
(Today I am born again. Today I remember the journey) Except from my journal: When I saw his eyes I knew it was the end. I saw those eyes for the first time and knew there was no life. The white of his eyes were yellow: pupils wondering aimlessly about them. The sockets might as well have been hollow. There …