Letters From My Heart

By Noorie Hammond

Time may fade memories and bring healing to a broken heart but true love never fades. A woman’s journey.....A story of love, loss, endurance faith and hope.
Noorie Hammond (nee Cassim), literary graduate, poet and writer of short stories gives a true moving account of the journey of a South African woman as she struggles to find herself again.
It has many elements that can be identified with universally.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Noorie Hammond
• Release date: Oct 13, 2016
• ISBN: 9780620718967

Noorie Hammond

Noorie Hammond (nee) Cassim born in Kimberley, South Africa. Also resided in Maseru, Lesotho, Mafikeng, South Africa and now lives in East London, South Africa. Literary graduate and writer of short stories and poems. Loves being close to nature, walking and travelling.An avid reader and writer. Had poems published in a book entitled Everlasting Joy and the Flight of the Amasi Bird. Won a short story competition and her story An Act of Love was published in a book entitled The AWA Collection.

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Letters From My Heart

Letters From My Heart

Noorie Hammond

Copyright © 2016 Noorie Hammond

First edition 2016

Published by Noorie Hammond Publishing at Smashwords

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Contents

Runaway Lovers

The Second Chance

God’s Plan

The Void

The Visit

The Gift

A1

Runaway Lovers

Dearest Beloved,

It is so strange to be writing to you like this. It is so strange not to see your face as your blue eyes flickered with emotions. The lines on your once-smooth face furrowing deeper and deeper into your skin, as time continued its journey imperceptibly, so that yesterday seemed the same as today and today was a replica of tomorrow.

I remember the twinkle in your eyes, being the avid storyteller you always were, when you retold our stories with such passion on how we had to flee our home town and leave our families, as we were guilty of loving each other in a country where it was a criminal offence to have a relationship between a white man and an Indian woman. It was the early days when turmoil in the 1970s and ’80s was rife in South Africa, as the majority of the people, including the world at large, wanted change, but there were also many who feared change, holding on steadfastly. The apartheid system had ingrained a sense of separatism that made it taboo to cross the colour lines and enter into