It was in deep silence that my husband and I returned home that Saturday around midday. We were, to say the least, stunned. Each of us needed some personal time to process this incongruity. I gently asked the Father to help me, to speak to me, to reassure me, to tell me that He was […]
After this calm and enlightened analysis of the situation we were going through, I shared my thoughts with my husband. I remember that, given the seriousness of it all, I had sent him an email in which I explained what I had understood and that, from then on, I considered that chapter closed. The situation […]
From the very beginning of this new pregnancy, I kept seeing flashes of a second C-section scar. Oh no… I feared another cesarean, but I had to win the battle against fear. So, I began to counter that image by declaring my conviction according to: “Everything is possible for the one who believes.”“I believe, and […]
Saturday, 8:30 p.m. – Goleta The phone rang for the eighth time that evening. Lying on her bed after spending nearly 40 minutes in the shower, 21-year-old Lisa Awalé had made up her mind not to answer it. She had no desire to talk to anyone—especially not him. Anxiously, she stared at her cell phone, […]
… At 6 p.m., Angela met up with her friend Caroline at a fast-food joint in Agla, a neighborhood in Cotonou. She planned to tell her that she would soon be leaving Cotonou to continue her studies in Goleta, and she knew Caroline wouldn’t take it well. Her friend had always been possessive and couldn’t […]
… Lisa Awalé was lying naked on the bed. Next to her, her boyfriend Roland had his eyes glued to his phone. They had just made love. After a while, Lisa had stopped counting—and stopped feeling guilty. After the conversation she had had with the old motorcycle-taxi driver, she had wanted to end things with […]
Tuesday, 9 PMLike many second- and third-year students, Isabelle Kano didn’t live on campus. She had opted for one of the private residences located just a few meters from the university. A wealthy developer had come up with the idea of building hundreds of student housing units around the campus. Students could pay monthly or […]
Wednesday, December 8th, 4:00 PM “If the anomaly is due to a chromosome issue, we call it a chromosomal abnormality. These types of anomalies may result from the presence of an extra chromosome in one of the pairs, or from the absence of a chromosome in a pair (monosomy). Sometimes it’s only a part of […]
8:00 PM He had woken up around 7 a.m. and asked everyone to leave. Most of them had grumbled, but eventually, one by one, they got up and went home. Some had come to their senses. Others, not really. Anyway, the majority of the guests had already left before he woke up. It had been […]
We must ask ourselves essential questions. With so many wives and concubines, were Solomon’s marriages based on love or political calculations? Is it even possible, with one heart and one body, to love 700 wives and 300 concubines, especially knowing that marriage is both a physical and spiritual covenant? If you are light-skinned and marry […]
