Love cravings
I am craving a sweet love
Silly, stupid, no safety net love
Foolish love
No worries about the future love
Summer love
Coldplay/billie kinda love
I am craving a connection
Uncomplicated
Simple
Beautiful
Silly
Honest
Free
I want all of this and more…
Rachel
If this is incoherent, it’s because the kind of love I am craving is. It’s stupid and beautiful love in its raw form!!!
Rachel
God can be found anywhere you are
He is after all, everywhere we are
Today I found him in a concert, healing my broken heart. I didn’t even know my heart was broken. I found him, mending my heart and smiling at me….
He told all will be well…. I wept a little because I knew he touched me.
Isn’t it odd that God touches us at times we didn’t even know we needed him. He comes at the right time!!
Rachel
I am drowning,
Please don’t help me!
As the storm engulfs me,
Don’t help me!
This maze is mine to walk.
This wave is mine too ride,
Just be here,
Please don’t help!
As choices push me further and further into the corner,
As roads become narrower and dangerous,
As the hole keeps on swallowing me,
Just observe,
Don’t help me!
If truly one can never outrun Gods love and purpose, let him show it!
Only he can show me!
Only he can help me!
The one who knows his plans for me!
His great plans!
You just watch,
Please don’t help!
You wouldn’t even know where to start!
Observe the unfolding of his master plan,
Pharaoh or Moses,
It’s all his great plan.!
As I be still
rachel
Do not send your brain to run your race,
Do not send your brain to fall in love,
Do not send your brain to worship your God,
Send your brain to the smarts,
Use it wisely
rachel
It’s ok to let the greatest love of your life go,
It’s normal to grow apart,
It’s ok to want different things out of life,
It’s ok to let them go.
I am letting you go,
I am not bitter,
I don’t hate you,
I was hurt,
But not anymore!
I wish you well!!
This is the hardest break up,
But it’s necessary,
Goodbye lover.!
rachel
What do you call a relationship with a man with 9 children and 6 wives you know nothing about? You fall pregnant with your first born who unbeknownst to you is baby number 10, you are in a test while he decides whether you are worth the dowry….. all of this you don’t know. You believe all he tells you, ‘I will marry you, I love you and it’s just you and me’.
What happens to you when you realize he lied? What about the dream he sold you? Are you to blame? Do you continue the relationship??
This is a story of one of my step mothers, one of many. All of them have their own sob stories about my father, the polygamist. He was not an honest man when it came to his women, a lot of them were trapped by the lies to stay in the relationships. They stayed and I swore that will never be me!
Surely I am clever and not as stupid and dumb as them….. if only! The sins Of the father fall on the children, only if they are not cleansed and hidden. My father will always be my hero but I also know he was not a superhuman. He was after all just a man burdened with expectations and living a life taught to him by his parents.
I therefore choose to shine the light on the lies, all of them.
rachel
If buildings and streets could speak…
They would tell happy stories;
Story about the mother who works that corner to feed her children,
Story of the the family of 8 that stays in that 1 bedroom flat on the second floor,
Story of the lad who washes cars to afford drinks for his girlfriend later,
Story of the slay queen who comes here just to sleep and get dressed for wherever the party takes her tonight,
Story of the boy who steals the neighbor’s WiFi so they can pleasure themselves with pornhub and their hand,
Story of the young girl who endures the night snake from her uncle to afford school fees,
All stories are happy,
Maybe not the act,
But the hope of happiness is what makes the story worth it.
rachel
P.S: I took this photo in Nairobi, Kenya in 2015, it was my first solo trip and I too was looking for a happy story! That building and the street gave me a bit of that happiness.
At the beginning of this year I would have never thought I will come to enjoy running so much. I enjoy it so much, I woke up at 6 in Bali and went for a run! It was glorious! The terrain was rough, it started raining, I met wonderful people, I got lost, and came back. I completed 6kms in 45mins, this is not my best time but it’s my time.
Running has taught me to have patience and respect my body. Some days my will is stronger and more willing than my body, and that is ok. It’s not always easy but the body rewards; in more stamina, more energy, less injuries and overall happiness .
I have also discovered that running is the easiest way of learning new places. I know the street names, I know the early morning rituals that are performed in temples and I have seen the city awaken.
I would suggest a holiday run to anyone, you won’t regret it
Rachel
I met the love of of my love a few months ago,
I got lost in his and forgot me!
I forgot to feed my soul,
I forgot to tend my garden…
what a mistake that was!
It’s so easy to get caught in the feelings and forget self,
Reality is one needs to be selfish with self!
Feed self!
Love self!
Nurture self!
Tend to self!
You cannot offer what you are not!
Love is an expression of internal flow,
Create magic within,
And magic will appear externally!
Love self fiercely!
Love self fiercely!
Feed self!
Love self!
Only them can you love another!
Nothing can substitute self love,
Not even love from him!
rachel
To know Love like this
So simple,
So free,
So comfortable,
So at home,
That’s the love I have known I deserve!
A flowing river,
A constant,
A love so complete!
Who was I to deserve this?
So bartered!
So bruised?
Ego smashed to pieces!
A self so fragile!
A lost self!
You loved me still!
A love not lost in the past!
A love in the present!
You loved me still?
I love you?
Thank you for loving me,…
I love you L….
Rachel
The stories I am too ashamed to tell 