That night I couldn’t sleep. I just tossed and turned on my bed and wondered where God was. I wanted to awaken from this living nightmare where nothing seemed right. As if sensing my frustration, Anna fussed in her cot and I got up to cuddle her. I was surprised when Ike came out […]

I was irritated as I heard the incessant knocking on my front door. It was Christy. The last person I expected or wanted to see at this time as I filled in my job applications online. “I’m busy Christy,” I said cutting her off. I really wasn’t in the mood. She gave me a sad

I cut the phone and tried to edge my way past Christy into the house. I was holding Anna in my arms. She tapped my arm. “Not now Christy,” I snapped. She was taken aback. “Look, I’m sorry,” I said apologetically. “There are a lot of things I need to do right now.” She smiled

I found time to tell Ike after dinner about Titi and her problems. He had gotten a lawyer that day and he seemed a bit optimistic. They would have a meeting the next day. “The truth is my defense,” Ike said between forkfuls of rice. The Bible did say the truth would set you free.

“I think they want me to get one as a precaution,” Ike was saying. “They’re still investigating but it looks bad.” “Ike-”, I said unable to voice out the question in my head. “I didn’t do this honey,” he said reading my thoughts. “But whoever did seems determined to implicate me.” He got up and

Ike was dozing on the couch in front of the TV when I got home with the baby on his lap. He had a beatific smile on his face. Anna was pinching his nose and grinning at him. It seemed like this father daughter bonding thing was working real well. I watched them for a

I knew that it could be difficult for me to get to see her but I was determined to try. I needed to tell her who I truly was. Perhaps that would get her to open up to me. It was only a five minute walk to her house and so I set out. I

What do you do after your safe secure world has come crashing down? Well, you get up and keep going. And that was what I had decided to do. Ike’s news was terrible and that first night I had a horrible nightmare that the police came to arrest him. He woke up and we prayed

Unfortunately, I wasn’t the only one who saw Titi’s tear stained face the previous day. Apparently Christy had seen it too when Titi was walking back home because by midday the next day she was knocking on my door. Somehow that woman manages to see everything from her window. How she does that in between

I was nervous as I stood in front of the two story duplex. Christy loudly smacked on a wad of gum. I had written: “Welcome to the neighborhood,” in spidery letters across the top of the cake. Now as I held it, it looked like a childish scrawl. The last thing I would want is