I know the important role school, teachers, and even friends play in a child’s academic life, but if you ask me, I think the bigger responsibility is on parents, siblings, family, and the home. I say this because of my own experience, but let me skip that and tell you all something I heard today.

I’m reading how people find it hard to ask for help, and I can’t help but recall something that happened to me during my undergraduate studies. I remember this particular day when I went out to buy food. I wasn’t a fan of eating outside but that day, I was so sad and I just wanted to do something to make myself happy. I had just lost a relative back at home, and the news kind of broke me down.

About a month ago, my roommate cooked waakye(beans and rice) and there was a little amount of beans left so she kept it in the kitchen cupboard. Normally, she buys more beans to add to the leftover for another meal but this time it just sat in the cupboard for weeks.

One of the things I take pride in is being a big sister to my little sister, and it seems like I’ve been doing a pretty good job because she literally comes to me with everything she has on her mind. And it makes me so happy that she has easy access to me because I’ve been a teen before, and I remember how I made terrible decisions because I went to friends instead of family for advice.

I had the opportunity to speak with a 67 year old man for about 5 minutes today and I think I’ve learned a lot than I have the whole of this year. Over here when in Ghana, the moment you are 60 years, you go on pension especially when you are in the government sector. I’m not so sure about how it is in the private sector. So he is currently on pension from his government work but still a CEO of his finance company.

Have you ever read a story or watched a movie and then you caught yourself asking if that was it? After watching Sheroes, I was so shy for the producer, the cast and most especially the story writer. I couldn’t help but wonder if there was even an inspiration behind this movie.