STORIES THAT STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS

We publish writing by course participants on a regular basis in the spirit of sharing life experiences with others. Each piece is original work by Life Righting Collective course participants – from the pen and from the heart. We want to showcase authentic voices that we hope will inspire you to write your own stories and buy our anthology, This is How It Is, as well as other books by our members. Scroll down to read our stories.

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THE AWKWARD BAG TO CARRY

14 OCTOBER 2018 Lying empty on the floor at my feet, the worn leather holdall is a thing of beauty, harking back to a time of artisanal labours of love, […]

THE FIRST TIME I SAW PARIS

I want to be in Paris in my 50th year with a man I love. When I turned 45, unhappy and separating from a relationship, I had written this into […]

WE WAITED

He must be late. It’s Monday. Give him a call Rather unusual he’s not here at all He’s always the first one in There must be something wrong, they said […]

RUNNING AWAY

I had worked it out to the final detail. PO savings withdrawn, matric certificate, a family photograph – all packed, together with some clothes, biscuits and fruit. And the letter. […]

AIDAN THE VANISHING CHILD

Having settled one-year-old Erik for his rest, I went to find Aidan. I unsuccessfully hunted the house, then into the garden I walked, calling and looking. In the middle of […]

POWERPLAY

The moment my dad walked in through the front door after a long stressful day at work, David ran down the passage shouting with excitement “Dad! Dad! I got in, […]

LAMENT FOR CATHERINE

Slowly they drive away; the mother’s heart goes with them The pallbearers, father, husband, brother, uncle Pain cutting into their faces as they take up their positions The mother reaches […]

ONE DAY SHUSHU DAY

“Stick fighting is our tradition and it has been there for years unshaken by death or any other crisis, that is how we differentiate men from boys, in fact bravery […]

JAGUAR

Usually he shaved in the shower. This time he used the Maca root shave cream bought some years back at the Body Shop in Djakarta. He ran his hand over […]

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