I wrote this piece for a class called Emerging Trends in Information and Technology earlier this summer. I am still working to understand the Ghanaian culture and dialect, so this is just the first draft. Thumbnail credit: Tony Chedrawee.
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I wrote this a few months ago, maybe in April or so. I was about to go out, and I was wearing the same shoes pictured here, only I was home in America, and the picture was taken in Ghana. As I laced the sandals, these words began flooding my mind, and now, I am sharing them here with you. Grace and peace to you.
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Just some musings from back in the early quarantine days.
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I wrote this short story about a hurricane survivor for my creative writing class in 2015. Please enjoy, and follow the blog for more flash fiction pieces! Thumbnail photo from Siednji Leon on Unsplash.
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I couldn’t get that Eastbound plane ticket, so I had to take a T-Rex instead.
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In continuation of my celebration of mothers, I’d like to introduce you to another mother who has significantly impacted my life. Meet Momma Simone. She is my boyfriend’s mother, but in the years that he and I have been dating, she has become a second mother to me.
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In this week leading up to Mother’s day, I’d like to dedicate the next few days to celebrate the mothers in my life, starting with my own mother. Meet my mom, Nancy. I’m like my mom in many ways, and everyone says that we look just like one another. If that really is the case, I’d say that I’m pretty lucky because I think my mom is pretty great.
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The tapping continued, and since I couldn’t see the window and was alone in a new place, I wasn’t sure what to do. Before I could get up to investigate, or more realistically, go hide in the bathroom, I heard a voice. Someone was calling to me…
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Everywhere I went, I always saw people smiling. It is as if there is this spirit of joy that ebbs and flows through the country’s veins like the river Volta. If you ever get the chance to go to Ghana, I am sure you’ll love it, too.
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Where are you going? Please, take me there.
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It’s only in the last number of years that I discovered this idea of choosing a word for the year. It’s interesting how the words I’ve chosen in the past have correlated with the events of my year. For 2020, the word I've chosen is...
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In my tears, I whispered, "Abba, hold me." Like a child resting her head on her daddy's chest, I poured out my heart to the Lord. For much of the time, it was a silent prayer, more tears than words.
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Renewal: January 2016 is a poem I wrote about an hour into January 1, 2016. It seems only fitting that I share it here on this lovely morning of January 1, 2020. Grace and peace, friends.
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I originally wrote this poem as a song back in 2016, and I completed it at the end of this year. It seems to express my feelings well as we close out not only the year 2019, but also the last decade.
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Yet, Mercy Abounds is the third piece in the Genesis series - a series of prose poems recounting the glory of Creation.
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In the Likeness of the Life-Giver is the second poem in the Genesis series - a series of prose poems recounting the glory of Creation.
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In the Beginning is the first poem in the Genesis series - a series of prose poems recounting the glory of Creation.
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So it is with the messes we find around us and in the hearts of those around us. It is one little thing being knocked down at a time, one little hurtful word on top of the next, that can leave a person or place in shambles.
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Nature really does declare the glory of God, and in connecting with nature, I think we get a little taste of heaven on earth, a little taste of God’s glory.
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This week was rough, so here are some past thoughts that have present implications.
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