Dear God, Just one more lesson, I couldn’t resist this one. (Hahaha, stop rolling your eyes, you love my stories) I still believe that African parents are the world’s best parents, however, they need to adjust a few things based on learnings. Our upbringing was just a touch harsh. There were objects thrown, lots of […]
Lessons from Grandma: Life and its curve balls! Read More »
Dear God, The support system in African parenting is a phenomenon that should be studied, documented and replicated. The greatest challenge Africa has is their inability to record their concepts and keep a library of their traditions. Growing up, we could have sworn that our mothers had eyes at the back of their heads. There
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Dear God, Grandma in anger one day had chided another woman saying….”Any woman that has a daughter does not boast in public”. That proverb was confusingly profound for me. This goes to show the level of fear and uncertainty that mothers harbour for their girl-child. Why? For our mums, raising a girl-child in a severely
Lessons from Grandma 2: “If a man touch you….” Read More »
Dear God, I learnt a lot from my Grandmother. Growing up, apart from encouraging us to stay focused in school, I believe that my grandmother and mother spent 80% of their time preparing us girls to marry and be good wives and mothers. Thinking about it now I wonder why it was so important, so
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