Mrs.O's writing room.

I met him in the grocery store. His eyes lit up when he saw me, they followed me as I walked down the aisle. It was 9 pm, I was rushing home when I stopped to buy a few groceries. All the counters were closed except for the self checkout and there he was again, eager to help. As he packed my groceries, he asked, “So, where do you come from?” clearly he was not referring to my local residence but my country of origin. Do I look so obviously foreign? I wondered. “Where do you think I come from?” I asked “Senegal?, Cameroon?, Nigeria ?” I shook my head each time. “I’m from East Africa, Uganda to be exact”. Then he said "Yes, people from East Africa are dark like you". I couldn't disagree more but since Sudan is in the general area, he was right in the large scheme of things. I thought he was a Nigerian although his accent was not too “a beggo” and he seemed a little less assertive, turns out he was Ghanaian. In a few short minutes, he had rolled out t...

I took some pictures on my way to work one Friday morning. I had a really good day, couldn't stop smiling, the scenery warmed my heart completely.

For some Easter is over and done with, for me, it is a recurring event. I can't get enough of it. Like a thunderous crescendo it sets my heart pumping faster with excitement. The Hosannas as Jesus rides on a donkey, to the anguish in the garden of Gethsemane; the desertion and loneliness of the cross, the deepest darkest hell and finally Jesus bursting forth in triumph over death on the 3rd day - Life changing! Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth … “6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross! Refrain!!! On the 20th of February I started the Daniel fast. Hungry for more than food, I yearned to be quiet, to shut out the bustle of life and spend focused time with God.