She quickly found a seat before her legs gave way beneath her. Choking sobs stuck in her throat. Not now. Please Lord, not now. They’d just been told they would be unable to keep using the school as their meeting place for church on Sundays. Their last meeting would start in half an hour. ‘But you’re preaching your last sermon…
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The daughter is squeezing out fresh limes for lemonade. Carrot soup bubbles on the stove and a fresh loaf of bread has just come out of the oven. Stomach growls, mouth salivates. ‘Mum?’ the daughter captures her attention away from the growls. ‘Hmm?’ she answers, her hands covered in suds. ‘All those years when I was swimming, I used to…
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They stood in a circle on the sand. Precious, priceless words spoken as salty tears ran in sync with salty waves. They’ve walked together through laughter and pain, struggle and triumph. One walks through grief after losing her husband to leukemia, she’s forging ahead with four young girls, a gentle smile and enormous trust and courage. One walks through an…
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Lean in my child. She fits so neatly under the crook of her father’s arm, her head resting on his shoulder. She’s safe. She’s still walking, but at his pace. She’s still upright, she hasn’t collapsed. She’s still going, she’s keeping in step with him. And that’s where she saw it. His yoke. Wrapped around her shoulders. Its weight is…
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It’s driving she’s afraid of. It’s crippled her many times. This anxiety that grips her hours before she’s behind the wheel. She visualises everything, every turn she needs to make, every possible situation she might face and what she’ll do to not crash. There’s an intersection that terrifies her, just outside their apartment block. Trucks coming from behind, impatient cars…
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