by Penninah Abigail Menezes | Apr 9, 2022 | Scribbles and Confessions
Shanties of tin, worn out tents, crooked roads and thousands of faces with dark, gory stories. “No one cares for us like this”, said some of the Syrian refugee mothers. I made eye contact with their tears-strung eyes, while I held and assessed their newborn infants,...
by Penninah Abigail Menezes | Feb 11, 2022 | Scribbles and Confessions
A bucket list, a resolution chart—I have neither when it comes to New year traditions. Usually, I prayerfully pick an attribute that I try to reflect in the months ahead. I find it a little more meaningful than goal-setting. However, this year, things did not pan out...
by Penninah Abigail Menezes | Dec 31, 2021 | Scribbles and Confessions
A slow Sunday afternoon—the last one of this year. We are here again at the end of an infamously eventful year and the beginning of another, hopefully better, season. Usually, it is a time of pomp, fireworks and new resolutions (or, sometimes, a repeat of the old) but...
by Penninah Abigail Menezes | Nov 5, 2021 | Scribbles and Confessions
Boom. Crash. Rumble. Clap I slam upright, jolting the bed and waking to water audible on the panes. I breathe in deep, aware of my hands tightly gripping the covers. I gently sweep them over the thin sheets, the bed under me as I exhale, and fall back on my...
