The last time I posted anything was at the beginning of 2008, or was it the end of 2007? Anyway, all I can say is that 2008 was a wasted year in many ways than one. It was the worst year in many Zimbabweans' lives. I write this because I am taking a painful yet necessary decision to leave the country of my birth for a foreign land.
My boys and I will pack a few items and the clothes on our backs to leave for peaceful Botswana where my wife has found a job. The reason we are not taking anything with us is that this is an opportunity to start a new life. We don't want to take the bitter memories with us, we just want to turn our backs on a nighmare we thought would never end.
Anyone, let alone children should not be exposed to the type of existence we were forced to endure. We can point fingers at the corrupt, selfish and vicious establishment, but the ultimate decision remains with us. we got the government that we deserved because through the years, the struggle that we tried to illuminate was being stiffled by a spetacular yet debilitating show of apathy and abject fear that has brought such a wonderful country to its knees.
Being away will give me time to reflect and resume those pastimes that remain so close to my heart. Writing and teaching will help me to regain the sanity that I almost lost. I will use my experiences in Zimbabwe to motivate others, to preach the gospel of tolerance, peserverence and the respect for human dignity, to say to those who are yet to see that this is not a path they wuld like to take.
To those who remain, my prayers are with you because for you to have survived this far is sure indication that God has you under the wings of his angels. Things will definately get better...
