Inspirational

Set Free

“ Mom, I need to talk to you,” Marina said, her eyes wet. “ What’s going on? Why are you crying?” the mom asked worriedly. “ Every night, in my sleep, I feel like I’m having sexual intercourse with someone. And when I wake up in the norming, I feel excruciating pain in my stomach,” …

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Empty seat

“Is your seat empty?” uncle Jack asked me at the kitchen table.I looked around and thought for a moment that his question was crazy.“I’m sitting in the chair; how can my seat be empty?” I replied.Uncle Jack got up from the table, went to the refrigerator, grabbed a bottle of pineapple juice, and repeated, “Billy, …

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The Unblessed

Aliyah, the fifty-three-year-old woman, walked six miles to reach Nungwi, a village located in the northern region of Zanzibar in East Africa.  When she got to the house of Andwele, the wisest man in the town, she was exhausted. “ What can I do for you?” Andwele asked his visitor after he made her comfortable …

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