The Woman Who Outran the Devil
I dug the spade into the dry summer earth and turned over another clod of the wild overgrown backyard. It was the only way I could stay sane. I thought about Adam hiding in the Garden of Eden and plunged the spade back into the hard ground.
A few short days ago I had just graduated from a Bible College and now I was home at my parent’s house. There was no way that I could talk to anyone about what happened on my graduation night. I couldn’t explain even to myself.
Already, though still young, I had broken my heart over more than one man and was aware that forming a good relationship
- Shirley Baskett
Silent no more
As long as I remember, I was different and in South Africa where I grew up, there is a myth: if you walk under a rainbow it will change your sex. I tried running under every rainbow I saw! My parents once admitted to me they had wanted a boy; when I came out as a girl, they often treated me as a boy. I wasn’t angry with this because I actually wanted to be a boy.
As a child, my parents fought a lot. My dad was easily angered. I was told I pushed my father away since I was four. Growing up, I always felt uneasy around men.
We attended church on Sundays. Our church didn’t teach
July 20, 2016 - Wilna van Beek