Sundays with Sophie

By Rolake Martins

Sundays with Sophie is a wise, humorous and down to earth read especially for single young ladies in churches, giving advice on sensible ways to manage single years from an older, more experienced "Auntie" (Sophie) to her young protegée.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ore-Ofe Publishing
• Release date: Apr 15, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476490823

Rolake Martins

Rolake Martins - or "Rolax" is a writer and young professional based in the South of England. She has had extensive experience of church life and all the exciting dynamics within it, having grown up within the church, with pastors as parents.In between negotiating church issues and working on her shoe collection, she has written many down to earth non-fiction pieces about life in the modern church and how to survive it!

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Sundays with Sophie

Copyright Rolake Martins 2012

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Table of Contents:

Part A – Ronke

Part B – Sophie

Part C – The Principles

About Rolake Martins

Part A : Ronke

Just waking up and to be honest I’m not 100% sure if I should be this happy on this day. The big. 3.0. FINALLY!! To be honest I have actually been looking forward to today. I know that that sounds strange but for the last 6 months or so I have used it as a point of definite, not to be denied , put off or denied… transition in my life. My 20s were kind of rough. Okay quite exceptionally difficult, but I won’t bore you with the details. Just know that whatever happens post .3.0. no matter how bad, it has to be better. But this is not just about better. I am tired with just better. This is about focus, about strategy. Almost like a new house, a new job this is to be a deliberate new beginning. Most importantly a new beginning where I will begin to expect, demand and behave differently. No not just differently - better.

So here I am at this place and time in my life. And I’m excited. Really excited. No more will social events gravitate to Nandos and Zizzis. I’m stepping up. The Ballet, the Opera, fine dining, weekends overseas – Seville- Sarajevo –Moscow (okay so maybe Moscow is a little far for a weekend, but you get the idea) and I’m serious about this. The only potential dimmer on this incredibly bright light is that all of these trips will have to be taken alone. It is a potential dimmer, because I’m yet to be convinced as to how much of a disadvantage total independence can be on trips like this. I am, however, acutely aware that there will be no surprise party thrown by an adoring husband. No flowers. No extravagant birthday present. No breakfast in bed for ‘mummy’.

3.0 has arrived. No husband. No kids. A 6/10 job, (not amazing, but not dreadful either). A bedsit in Mile End (rented for crazy money off my Dad. Long complicated story). Good church. Great friends. Wonderful family. What I should say is wonderful, though slightly strange family. Life is good. Could be better. I guess; If this was a movie, it could be a lot better. But it’s not. It’s life. And you know, I think I am just coming to realise that this works for me. It works really