“Come,” she said. “We’re going
to catch minibuses.”
—My mother is as stubborn as she is
religious. Once her mind’s made up,
that’s it. Indeed, obstacles that
would normally lead a person to
change their plans, like a car
breaking down, only made her more
determined to forge ahead.
“It’s the Devil,” she said about
the stalled car. “The Devil doesn’t
want us to go to church. That’s why
we’ve got to catch minibuses.”
Whenever I found myself up