RONY BROWN'S SERIALS

TRAFFICKED PART THREE- FUTURE BLEAK That morning they said their goodbyes. No tears had been necessary, not when the future in sight was so bright. And indeed the future lived up to expectation, for like six hours, then it was not so bright. On their way to Tamale, he had stopped at a restaurant were they were stuffed up with all that they could eat and more. Ice cream had been packaged after their meal and they continued their merry journey oblivious to the fast changing scenes behind their tainted windows. They had been too sated to be concerned when at a police check point, he called them his sisters and slipped a big wad of cash to the police officer who had stopped them. The journey had been long and torturous but mile after mile their little town, Pusiga, was left behind and onward they journeyed to their new fate in Tamale.  “Welcome to your new home. For now.” Isaac had said when he finally parked his car in front of a large but mostly dilapidate...

#RonyCereals How many times have we walked away from something and walked right back again. We walked away from abuse, bad habits and we did not look back. But now, as we are being pulled back, we need as much strength to stay away as it took to walk away.

Sometimes loss sets us on the path to do the impossible.(Grapevine news says Adele had lost her boyfriend of the time) I want to believe that we are a sum total of choices. For whatever circumstance we are born in, the only thing we have control over is the choice we and other people make. When faced with loss, may we find the strength to make the choice to move on stronger from that which seeks to cripple us.

#RonyCereals Don't you see? Where you are now is just a stepping stone to the heights you are yet to take. Don't give up because you are at the bottom. Pick yourself up and put that one step in front of the other. And as a popular quote around these parts go, "Never say die until the bones are rotten." Good morning fam. Have a lovely week.