by Sandy Samuel Jerome | Dec 10, 2021 | Scribbles and Confessions
Clamour—a hundred little broken pieces shattered on the floor. A panic-stricken seven-year-old—frozen, blanked-out, fretting about the consequences. A moment of silence—a lot of clarity, a certain calm. The other day, my son Judah dropped a valuable handpicked...
by Sandy Samuel Jerome | Nov 26, 2021 | Scribbles and Confessions
Freedom from disturbance; a state or period free of war or war has ended—this is the definition of ‘PEACE’ as per the Oxford Dictionary. While in a worldly sense, the definition may be apt, there is a difference when it comes to its biblical meaning. According to the...
by Oshin Daniell | Nov 19, 2021 | Scribbles and Confessions
“Come let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker.”-Psalm 95:6 Growing up, I often saw my father kneeling down in prayer—unaffected by what was happening around, or people. The frequency of these prayers increased during the time when my...
by Sandy Samuel Jerome | Nov 12, 2021 | Scribbles and Confessions
August 2013: Worry and curiosity filled us. Our heartbeats, fast. I was pregnant, and this was something that we desired and waited for. As Joel and I walked through the corridors of the hospital after my 12-week anomaly scan, I was restless. I wanted to get the scan...
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...
by Oshin Daniell | Oct 30, 2021 | Scribbles and Confessions
“You are fearfully and wonderfully made.”-Psalm 139:14 This verse was taught to me in my early childhood days. Yet, no one to this day has truly reflected the essence of this verse in my life. Hundreds of sheet masks, beauty creams and herbal face packs—all to get my...
