Author: Adventures

When they meet me I want them to see me as I saw the African children; love shining out of their faces, smiles so bright that the whole area surrounding them seems to radiate it. I want them to see me like the trees along our walk to town do. The way they whisper as the rain pounds them almost as if they are making a silent covident to protect my team and I from the drops falling from the once sunny sky. I want to be seen the way the rain drops saw me when they finally did touch my pale skin; giving me refreshment from the heat. I want to be look at the way the doorway of my guest house...

And that’s when I remember. It comes on an overnight plane to South Africa after a day spent dancing the streets of London, that’s when I remember that he never loved me the way I deserved and that the way he held me never was with a sense of forever, but a sense of need. That he wouldn’t have ever been able to give me this. What I gave myself. This kind of love that holds me when the plane rocks my ruby red seat and a baby balls in the background. The kind of love that soared between London sunrays for the street musician spinning a tune that spoke to my soul. The love...

Every Sunday is our dedicated to church and is also our girls night. So Sunday I went to my first African church service. It was fun and not quite as long as I expected. We got to church early or late I don’t really know which one since there were two services. As we waited for church I decided to try and make friends after a few failed attempts I made some friends. We played and talked a little until it was time for church then we headed into the church building. We sat in the middle rows in the church and the kids would sit around us and some would sit in my team mates laps. We...

Every Sunday is our dedicated to church and is also our girls night. So Sunday I went to my first African church service. It was fun and not quite as long as I expected. We got to church early or late I don’t really know which one since there were two services. As we waited for church I decided to try and make friends after a few failed attempts I made some friends. We played and talked a little until it was time for church then we headed into the church building. We sat in the middle rows in the church and the kids would sit around us and some would sit in my team mates laps. We...