21 June 2012
I'm Joy, an blonde African girl. I wouldn't say I'm that young because I'm engaged to be married, but girls in our country get married at a very young age! My sister got married before me, she was twelve, I'm 15. Unfortunately, my finace has been diagnosed with cancer; I really don't want it to be that bad and I really want the doctors to cure him. However, because of the low hospital services in Africa, I'm doubtful that he might not get cured of his fatal diagnosis. Also, in the small village we live in; there has been a huge famine and we have only started to get a drip of rain: I do hope for a rain storm, they are wonderful! I live in a village called Kenya, it's near the coast of NE Africa, it's amazing! I see: lions, zebras and exotic birds everywhere I go, the bad things are the lack of water, the lack of clean drinking water and food. Because I'm 15, I've finished school, in Africa school ages are younger, you go at the age of 5 and leave at the age of 15, you have to pay for more school. School is an amazing experience, I just wish I had payed more attention! Dan, my fiancé, has got colon cancer, the doctor has told us its un-curable. We haven't told anyone yet, I'm announcing it in a week at my wedding, but I'm 8month pregnant. I do hope dan doesn't die not knowing who is child is. Dan has white skin and brown hair, he has green eyes and came to Africa on a missionary trip and when he saw me, he decided to stay. I have dark skin and blonde hair, mama says I'm really special because im the only one in our village with blonde hair, sometimes I like to be different, that's what makes Dan like me, but when I was little; at school people used to pick on me. They came from a different village and went to my school, they said I was 'dumb and different' and then they would pull my hair. That made me really sad, I asked my mum at the age of six if there was something that I could do about my hair colour. Even if there was, she wouldn't let me; she said my hair was special, magic I think the word was. Magic. Now I have my hair down to my waist, if I had dyed my hair when I was young then I would have really regretted it now. I love my hair, some how I feel bolder with it, I haven't cut, ever. I feel strong with long hair, strong, brave, confident and pretty. All the things a girl would want to be, but some how I do feel different to everyone else. **
Didn't mean it to sound racist or anything! :p lol
Joy • Opuss № I