Tomini is faced with the challenges that come with final year of secondary school. Her cold and strict father doesn't make the journey any easier. In the middle of her struggle, her life takes an abrupt twirl that changes everything. This story is set in Lagos, Nigeria.

John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever would believe in Him, will not perish but will have everlasting life" Salvation is for everyone! God loves you regardless! Follow the man as he journeys through his dark world of insecurity, loneliness, confusion and death into the light of grace, peace, joy, love and eternal life. God is patient, kind, faithful and true! Amen

"Leave me alone, Dianne!" I protested, shaking my cousin's hand off my shoulder. "Mirabel, I'm only trying to help. Think about it na. Your dad is dead and your mother is insane...!" "...my mother is not insane...!" I screamed at her, raising my previously bowed head. Still calm, Dianne smiled at me, "How long will you keep lying to yourself?" "Stop!" I warned - more like pleaded - dramatically turning my gaze from hers. "I'm only trying to help" "Don't" came the response, "Please...leave me" I begged once again. Dianne shrugged in surrender and stood up. She silently walked to the door. I felt her turn to get one more look at me, her distressed and depressed cousin. I just kept staring out the window at nothing in particular, shedding those thin, lonely stream of salt. "Just think about it" she urged me one more time. I frowned. There was no point thinking about it anymore. I had made my decision. ***** Mirabel is everyone's favorite. Loved by God, decorated by nature, taken care of by Janet her mother and Collins her father, lusted after by men, envied by women and admired by children. Somehow, something from somewhere or someone takes her sunshine all she sees are dark and heavy cloud with no silver lining. How does Mirabel handle her grief? Read Handling Grief to find out.