A.R.T. Antics

Well life has changed as we know it. None of us had a clue that we would be in this position when the clock striked midnight at new year. Now there is a lot of bad stories out there. I am not for one minute belittling the suffereing and the incredible heroicness of those who have cared for those that have gone through covid 19. There is indeed a lot of sadness out there, however we can find lots of joy in even in this lockdown period. So here are some funny stories during lockdown and the journey that I have been on. Lockdown has been an amazing time to rediscover creativitity in my life. Incredibly I have even been able to be creative in my job as well. I have discovered something called Plarn which is basically making objects out of plastic bags, so I am really feeling not just creative but also an eco warrior.  I have also started baking again, half way through a bit of a baking marathon one saturday I remembered I have a bread maker.... So here's the chocolate cake s...

A few days later we video messaged again and for the first time I saw Reggie in a completely different light.  He was wearing a trendy burgundy top and he had a goatie beard which I have never let him shave off. He was a lot more chilled than I remembered. I suddenly saw that he was a lot more attractive to what I remembered. He still has the top that he wore that night as we video chatted and now I think its not my favourite as the neck is pulled. It's funny how God used that very top to help me see him in a new light. Not to be super spiritual but it was definitely the holy spirit who gave me fresh eyes. That first video call marked the beginning of our relationship. From that point on Reggie would message me all day every day and video call me every night.  There were times when I thought woah your attractive and other times when not so much. However they were the conversations that started to build our friendship. Now for Reggie we already had a strong friendship he was ha...

The last time I wrote this story I had been married for just a month and I hadn't even turned 40 yet well we have now been married for eighteen months and we have just celebrated our second Christmas since we got married. Now back to the story Reggie and myself had been having a conversation about Reggie wanting to moving to England. I found out later that he had received a word about how he would have something with England and Ireland by a well known prophet in the Netherlands. I never thought he would actually move to England because he had mentioned it several times over the years, though this time it was more than a passing comment. I told him about the dream I had to set up a cafe for young people and to franchise this and see it as a ministry really touch people's lives. As soon as I told him about this he said I am going to move to England and I am going to help you set this up. At that point I thought back on the friendship which I have to be honest I had noticed an...

Fast forward eight months where there had been a little interaction in between but not enough for me to think anything of it. The last weekend of February he called me on video chat and showed me what he was having for dinner and his apartment which was huge and quite smart. I throught to myself he's got it a bit more together than what I've given him credit for. We had a nice chat and organised to see each other the following weekend when he was over for a conference he was preaching at. In the end the only time we could meet was on Sunday evening after my church meeting. So the following Sunday I went to the what is called home meeting to catch up with him or so I thought.  Instead all I got out of him was "It's so good to see you over and over." Then he preceded to talk to one of my younger pretty friends who I was convinced he liked. After all why was he talking to her?  Actually the opposite was true he really liked me and was so nervous he couldn't get h...

Almost 4 years ago I met a young Dutch man who little did I know that a few years later would become the protagonist in my love story. At almost 39 I was beginning to have doubts that I would ever have a love story to tell. I had experienced many encounters with a catalogue of guys but never anything serious as now. I had got close to serious a couple of times both times with Nigerians. I was almost convinced that I was going to marry an African or at least a guy of black ethnicity. A few years ago when I lived and lived with Latins I thought the person would be of Latin heritage. However Dutch was not on my list a friend had jokingly said I was going to marry a German well I guess they were close in geography at least.  I met this young man at Jesus loves in 2014 where I was on the team as outreach leader and on the ministry team. I remember this young man bounding up to me instantly making friends with. I remember he was larger than life extremely friendly and was kind of bouncin...

Good things come to those who wait patiently on the Lord... Gosh so much has happened recently I would say my life is irecognizable to a few months ago. This is mainly due to the fact that about 5 months ago a young dutch man who has been my friend for quite a few years now decided to try his luck in barging his way into my life. At the time I didn't really know what was happening, and he established himself in my life rather quickly moving his whole life over here to start again and be part of my life as well as following the call of God on his life. In time I realised that I had had a gem in my reach all along but just not recognised it. Like I have said on several Instagram and facebook posts that good things come to those who wait. As many of you know I have waited an awfully long time. After being on my own for so long I can't imagine life without him. My life has been a roller coaster with many twists and turns highs and lows but it has been amazing. However I do thin...