Being an adult is not all fun and games. I may enjoy a certain kind of freedom but adulthood also brings with it certain duties and responsibilities that must be taken seriously or I am still a child in the garb of an adult. As an adult, I am expected to behave and speak in a certain way and I list below my social and personal responsibilities.    ·           Managing Finance  - I must have my finances in order as I budget and invest. I must contribute to meeting household expenses if I am employed and live with my parents; my husband and I both did.  ·          Accountability – I am accountable for all that I do and say. Playing the blame game within the family or community doesn’t speak well of me. ·        Living in harmony – I am part of a larger community. Hence I must strive to live in peace and harmony with my neighbours and resolve c...

Three birthdays and too much cake in one week.The significant other turned 61(age is just a number, you say), there was a milestone birthday with the firstborn turning 21and it was the lucky and last teenage birthday of the junior sweet tooth .   The milestone birthday made me realise that there is now technically one more adult at home. What's in store for me? I wonder.Three males - A twenty-one-year-old, a 19-year-old and a 61-year-old(read 16)I find myself pitted against 3 males!! One day at a time sweet Jesus!   Death and destruction have marked the recent past. Innocent lives claimed by cowards. Will justice prevail? Will the criminals be brought to book?  An outspoken journalist and activist is gunned down because she spoke her mind, a seven-year-old is brutally murdered because he fought his perverted assailant and a talented pianist allegedly jumps to his death . How more gruesome does it get? How many more precious lives wil...