“I feel like my cancer has not really gone away. I see it as a tiger lurking under the tree close by and waiting to pounce on me. So it keeps me on edge not knowing when I would cross paths with her or when she would pounce” Most people around the table nodded in…
It was the summer of 2021. And we were at the Cap Vert Peninsula. Seated inside a restaurant at les Pointe Des Almadies. I hoisted myself onto the low wall separating the restaurant from the Atlantic Ocean and sat on it. Knees pulled up and arms folded across, I stared mesmerised at the beauty as…
click here for part 1 “I always have Altars commemorating my encounters with God” “Altars kwa?” I responded “Yes. Altars like Bible times” I knew about Altars. I mean, both of us are Old-time religion, faith-based bible followers. We shared similar foundational upbringing and the bible was one common area for us. However, when…
“A family broke up as a husband and wife were sleeping with each other when their spouses were at work” the black man who sat across from me proffered in halting English “You mean the student who left her husband for another man and he had been sent back to Nigeria? Ola turned towards him…
“Your children have never seen you naked? How is that possible? I saw the wheels spinning behind Lucy’s eyes as she blinked astoundingly at Soraya. Two worlds were colliding here. “Yes. This is the first time they would share bathroom with me. What business does my children have in my room when each person’s room…
…..missed Part 1? here getting stronger” his plaintive tone cut into me At some point in the conversation; Ruth stood up to get more coffees and after much insistence from both of them, I agreed to a Cappuccino. Although it had begun to rain on a day with a sunny forecast, my stomach roiled at…
The man who sat across from me stood up and nodded his goodbye. Ruth, the woman beside me, went back into her book. Earlier when I walked over, she had offered a warm smile and we had started talking. Found out she was another Brit who had lived in Nigeria. She was here with her…
Did you miss Part 1? Here. ……that God left us examples of people who cried out as they struggled; ElijahJonahJeremiah “All these men despaired enough to voice their grievances. Yet God stooped down to engage and assuage each one” “Why did he not get angry enough to shush them up and make them be…
This is a post from my Facebook archives. I shared it with my social media family during the summer of 2017. I am resharing as one of those days during Chemotherapy a friend called me up and reminded me of how inspiring I have always been. Then shared this link. I represent it here…
I woke up and a memory from years ago assailed my mind. It was a conversation about spiritual sicknesses and how they are like boils and cancers. An elder from my former church who held me in high esteem and whom I respected a great deal phoned me up after she heard I…
