Under the Udala Trees

How could floors made of cement creak? I wondered, but I did not ask

There is no way to tell the story of what happened with Amina without first telling the story of Mama’s sending me off. Likewise, there is no way to tell the story of Mama’s sending me off without also telling of Papa’s refusal to go to the bunker. Without his refusal, the sending away might never have occurred, and if the sending away had not occurred, then I might never have met Amina.

Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for,
the evident demonstration of realities, though not beheld.

—HEBREWS 11:1

aith is the assured expectation of things hoped for,
the evident demonstration of realities, though not beheld.

—HEBREWS 11:1