Every once in a while, we turn a chapter in our lives. Although we always know where we came from, we won’t always know what’s ahead. Will there be peace or stormy waters? I really can’t tell. What I do know however is that in the constant fight of good and evil, light always wins. [...]

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Dad, do you remember? Two years ago on Monday you called me from Sweden at 5 am Niger time, to tell me that my mother had drawn her last breath. My heart panicked and I asked you, are you sure? Are you really, really sure she’s gone? You were so brave. You strengthened me. You [...]

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Everywhere I’ve been this past week, I’ve seen snow. Beautiful white snow. It is the kind that adults talk about and children dream about. Pure white snow. Inbetween the beautiful and the pure, there are spots of tainted snow. It is the kind that adults accept with time, but which children can never dream about. [...]

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