In my church, better in San Diego I have this impression that we have a lot of elderly people. They say it is because of the weather. The weather brings retired people to live here. Years ago, at least. Currently, living in Southern California is way too expensive. I bet they are going to Florida, despite the hurricanes. Where am I going with this? I had plans when I moved back to my hometown 11 years ago. I wanted to be closer to my ageing mom. I know my mom. I know that she is not the easy-going person we hoped. She is a person with a hard and sad past. I wanted to be with her. Even knowing that it wouldn’t be a smooth living, I was willing to live with her. I wasn’t expecting to get married. I wasn’t expecting my now-husband to move with me. I thought he was going to choose to stay in São Paulo, or go back to his country, or whatever. But after I told him what my plan was, I said, if he wanted to come with me, it would be nice. But I k...
a pinch of God's Word // uma pitada da Palavra de Deus