I Was Nothing

“Keep me as the apple of your eye…” “Now I can see…”“I came from darkness but now I’m in His light…”“I let satan have control but never again…”“I was nothing, but now I’m something…”“I know I can be a good mom…”“I should forgive my mother…” She wrote numerous statements like these that filled pages and […]

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Unstained, Unhampered, Spotless

Can you solve this riddle? What is…? intelligent, holy, unique manifold, subtle, agile,  clear, unstained, certain,  unhampered, beneficent, firm,  all-powerful, all-seeing, pervading all spirits… “She penetrates and pervades all things by reason of her purity.  For she is an aura of the might of God, and a pure effusion of the glory of the Almighty… […]

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This Is What It’s Like

Knock, knock!  I rolled my eyes and sighed at the all-too constant knock on my bedroom door.  Is there really nowhere I can escape to be alone just for five minutes?! I thought to myself.  The door opened without me answering. “Mama Kate?” Nokwanda came in the room without an invitation.  “What, Nokwanda?” I said […]

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