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WHAT ALCOHOL TAKES FROM US (Part Two): Tamara In Part One, I talked about alcohol from the outside—the things it can quietly take from us, the imbalance it can create, and the way something that begins as recreation can gradually demand more than we ever intended to give. But sometimes statistics and explanations are notContinue reading “WHAT ALCOHOL TAKES FROM US-PART TWO”

What Alcohol Takes From Us Part One It is easy to reduce the conversation about alcohol to one sentence: “Alcohol is bad.” Or, in Christian circles: “Drinking is a sin.” But sometimes a statement can be so brief that the person hearing it never gets the opportunity to understand the deeper question: What does alcoholContinue reading “WHAT ALCOHOL TAKES FROM US!PART ONE.”

There are days I don’t want to stay inside my house. Not because I have somewhere important to be.Not because I am chasing anything urgent. Just… because I don’t want to be there. The walls start to feel louder than people.My thoughts start to feel too close.And even silence begins to feel like pressure insteadContinue reading “BETWEEN ORDERS AND QUESTIONS — Part 2”

Between Orders and Questions People don’t usually arrive in your life with meaning attached. They arrive in fragments, standing in line, holding a phone, shifting weight from one foot to the other, waiting for coffee, waiting for food, waiting for something that isn’t you. And then it happens. A glance. A pause. A moment whereContinue reading “BETWEEN ORDERS AND QUESTIONS!”

Children watch. They see. They observe. They learn and model what they see. I was a student while my boys were in my womb. Sometimes, when I was pregnant with them, I read aloud and prayed aloud. Later, they saw me studying on my days off from work. Mummy always has one or two examsContinue reading “Children Watch. They Learn.”

Lord, help me say this prayer. Father, we begin with praise and worship.We honor You as God—faithful, near to the brokenhearted, and present in every moment we cannot understand. Lord, today we lift up every person who feels overwhelmed, weary, lonely, misunderstood, or unseen. Those walking through depression and emotional pain.Those grieving the loss ofContinue reading “PRAYER FOR THE WEARY HEART.”

I was taught a high level of reservation back in Africa. Not silence, but restraint. A sense that not everything that happens in your life is meant to be spoken out loud, especially to people who are not part of your inner circle. Now I find myself in a different culture where almost anything canContinue reading “Wisdom in Discretion”

I used to run as if something were always chasing me. Sometimes I did not know where I was going or who was chasing me. Somehow, everything became a race. Maybe it matched the way I lived: thinking ahead, planning, measuring the next step. Within the last three years, I began taking fitness more seriously.Continue reading “The Right Accolades for What Still Works”

He Was Already There “Abigail?” “Yes, Mommy?” “How was school today?” “Fine, Mommy. How was work?” I looked at her and smiled. “You know, I really like it when you speak like an adult. You’re barely seven.” She was growing before my eyes. She was beginning to see me as more than the person whoContinue reading ““HE” WAS ALWAYS THERE!”

What happened to usnot all at once,but in the quiet placeswhere we once lived? What happened to our dinner nights,to flowers waiting at the door every Friday? What happened to night cuddles,to soft touches,and whispers of sweet nothings? What happened to gifts at birthdays,to the thought behind them,to giving just to see each other smile?Continue reading “WHAT HAPPENED TO US.”