If you haven’t already done so please read extract 1 here Week 23 + 2 days “Alhassan my water has broken!!” “Ohh shoot,” he replied with panic in his voice. “Call the ambulance as I can’t get to you.” My sister-in-law got on the phone, and we got shipped off to the hospital. On getting […]
Introduction Time heals, and that’s a good thing, because it allows us to move on even if we are never fully repaired. And in certain situations (like the kind filled with trials that leave one so broken), how can you be put back together the way you once were? You can’t. But you can do […]
If you haven’t already done so, please read Extract 1 and Extract 2 first. Blue babygro I am sat on a swing in a very beautiful but deserted garden. It all seems very surreal and spooky even. I looked up to see a lady approaching me in a nurses uniform carrying a moses basket. She […]
You never know who’s in your neighbourhood Isn’t it funny how you meet someone by chance, many miles from home, only to discover they’re indeed your neighbour? By this I mean they live in the same vicinity if not down the road from you. My chance meeting with this neighbour happened because a beautiful Africanfinestmum […]
Rubbish mum student I fell ill over the weekend. I’m not 100% sure what it was, but from increased sniffles and sneezing, my stomach was unsettled, and I had waves of feeling feverish. This one incident resulted in a parenting lightbulb moment for me – I’m rubbish at following instructions. I was trying to pass […]
The teen age has proven to be one of the hardest and most difficult stages of a child’s life because at that age the child is going through a new stage of mental, emotional, and physical development. The changes they go through can make them feel awkward and overly self conscious in their attitudes. Below […]
If you’re just tuning in now before you go any further you’re going to want to read the previous parts of the story first A domestic violence journey – Pt 1, and A domestic violence journey (pt 2) No room in the inn As my mum wouldn’t let me stay with her in our family home, I […]
If you haven’t read part 1 please read it here first before you continue. Hurt people hurt people “I was between a rock and a hard place….” I had very quickly and unintentionally set up things around me that put myself at risk, and I couldn’t easily extricate myself. He (let’s call him X), is […]
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them” – Maya Angelou. Truer words were never spoken. I’ll give you one example of this through my story. I share it in hopes of motivating and teaching life lessons I have learnt the hard way. My background My name is Zeenab. I’m Nigerian-British, but have also […]
We like glam too Yes, even the most busiest of us who isn’t even into makeup that much, still like to feel and look glamorous every once in a while. You know, for that special outing, formal occasion, or just because you’re off to work, it’s sunny outside, you’re on the school run and you […]