@Daria 20 February 2022

Childhood Sunday Hey everyone, happy Sunday. How is it going for you. I stay in a Christian dominated area so a lot of people are beautifully dressed and going to or returning from church. As usual, I cooked "Sunday rice" haha. Today, I'm trying to stay as stress free as possible. Monday always comes with a lot of work and I need to prepare for that. Today, I've mostly been in my room doing one thing or the other online. Writing for read.c is the last thing I have to do online before taking a nap. I did not expect time to fly so fast while trying to complete other things. As I was struggling for topics to write about, I remembered the different ways I had spent my Sundays from childhood. **CHURCH** Sundays have always been known for church and other Christian activities. When I was younger, I attended church with other kids in their neighbourhood. I remember laying out my clothes the previous day in preparation for sunday. In the morning, I and my siblings would wake up and take turns taking our bath after which we'll have to put on out clothes and shoes. Of course, church clothes are different from daily clothes; they are the kind of clothes one would wear for an event or a wedding. The whole affair is usually very ceremonios. Church shoes are also different from school or any other shoes; they are the pretty shoes we would only wear for a special occasion. After dressing up, my siblings and I, together with other kids whom we meet on the way would walk to church together. It was supposed to be a 15 minutes walk but it took us at least 30 minutes because we would play on the way and catch up on what happened at our different schools and classes. For this reason, we usually left home at least 30 minutes earlier. The return from church was another event. Outside the building, they're were people who sold yoghurts, coconut candy, sweets, buns, egg rolls etc. Our neighbours kids always stopped to buy some and then share with the rest of us. Sometimes when I had saved some money from my school allowance, I would also buy some things after church. I later discovered that my neighbour's kids used to split their offering money in two. They would drop part of the money in the offering box and spend the rest after church. After buying these stuff, on the way home we could usually perceive the aroma of different rice based delicacies coming from different homes, the cast wash would be blasting gospel music meanwhile they had on songs about ass and girls the previous day lol. As usual, we would walk home engaging in endless conversations till we got to our individual homes. At home, we'll then have breakfast and enjoy the aroma of lunch being cooked in the kitchen. Sometimes, we had breakfast before going to church, but mostly after. **VISITS** Sunday was the day for visiting. Either people came over or we went somewhere. When we had guests, we had to serve everyone food and drinks even if they arrived without informing us. It was normal to cook more than we needed so that we could entertain guests. The guests are also served first or at the same time with the children while my parents start eating once the food has been served for everyone. It is considered to be rude if you don't offer anything to eat or drink to your guests. If the food won't be enough, you can offer them simple snacks. It shows that you have accepted them into your home. There are times when we also visited other people, mostly family members. I mostly remember going to visit my uncle. I would play around the house and in the compound with the children who lived there. We would explore the building and below the apartment stairs. **SLEEP** As a child, I didn't like this part but I cherish it now haha. Whenever we didn't have anything to do and had finished putting our things together for school for the next day, we sometimes sleep out of boredom because we're usually made to stay home rather than go out to play in Sunday and it is also usually sunny, I don't know why lol. So, for this reason, we may sleep off while visitors comes and goes. Thanks for reading, happy Sunday!