“Hey, little girl, you will grow up, you will figure out your career, you will find someone who loves you and you will grow up to become an adorable woman.” These were lines that sings solo in my mind and little did I know how soon it will al l be. The cock crow at 3am woke me up, my eyes open wide as clear as the morning bright. I took up my phone to read my morning devotion, as I proceeded, my phone bleeped with a message from my bank wishing me a Happy Birthday. A warm birthday wish that got me laughing that early morning came from my Darling Twin Brother whom I shared an amazing life with. I took to praising God for yet another day, praying my way into the day. When I was 10 , I had looked forward to my twelfth and when I blew the candle, my anxiety lingers for sixteen- I desired for a big bust, curved hips, and I utmostly wanted a leveled up height. Sweet sixteen for me wasn't as I expected, I was more like twelve in physique. My secondary growth took a ...

You never can know until you actually know. The mirror is my reflection they say, I stood there not on a mere admiration of my appearance but to vividly look keenly into my inner self and ask myself the very cogent rhetorics am in search of answers to. Who am I ? Am I who they define me to be or whom I define myself to be ? What if ? Just what if I woke up blind tomorrow, deaf or dumb, what happens to me? Who will care? How will my loved and beloved ones react? Will the society pity my existence or shun me? Whose loyalty will I earn? Who will be there under what may? I ask, what happens to my existence? Now, I turn the questions around, just what if something tragic befall the ones I acclaimed love to rendering their physical abilities useless. Will I be there for them? Will I remain loyal to loving under whatever circumstances? Actually, not any can give sincerity to such questions neither can I too. Disability is a stigma no one likes to purchase. But, life can't be fair fo...