Yes you will rise from the ashes but the burning comes first. For this part darling you must be brave." - Kalen Dion - " How will I tell my mother and my sister ?" Alot has changed, nothing is the same, 365 days. I have always been quite the cleaner, dust to my broom and under the rug it goes. It takes me back to my early childhood when I just couldn't get around to finishing my supper. I have been seated at the dinning room table for a couple of hours now. Heavy eyed, taking in a recurring booming voice in monologue reading out the headlines in another room as I continually will my self to eat but to no avail. Looking left, right, back and forward, no one in sight. Off my plate and under the table rug my food goes. All smiles as I present my "clean" plate to my parents. I finally time to sleep. "Wanangwa!" It's crack of dawn. ........... It had been a whirlwind of anticipation met with excitement. The count down to finally seeing this fam...