SHE GRABBED MY HAND AND LIFTED ME UP WHEN I REALLY NEEDED IT
The Melodies of Rock of ages was flooding my thoughts that morning. This is a well scented song that mum loved to sing before she went to bed. It sounds so good and original in my Kikuyu dialect (Ihiga ria tene ma, ninguihitha hariwe)- Rock of ages cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee. I was a Form IV student and we were getting ready for Mock Exams. I could rarely concentrate on books this fateful morning because the melodies in my mind were far much fun that the Chemical puzzles on my chemistry book. Anyway, Mondays are always lazy days to many people. I like being among these people. It such an irony that today Mondays are mostly my off days. Anyway, to make the short story long, this Monday was unlike others. I was invaded my this sorrowful and eschatological song that made me miss my mum so much. Secondly, it was my turn to select a biblical verse and read it at the school assembly that morning. I am a Gospel fanatic. And I love the Gospel of John. But this morning instin...