I Went From Wanting Children to Living Happily Childless By Nina Steele Our journey to conceive started in 2004 and ended unsuccessfully in 2013. We tried to conceive naturally for 3 years only to discover that my husband was azoospermic. We were placed on the waiting list for IVF around 2007 and a year … Read more
Mum’s the Word on Mother’s Day “Mothers are all slightly insane.” ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye According to Wikipedia, “Mum’s the word” is a saying related to an expression used by Shakespeare in Henry VI, Part 2. It means to keep quiet, to say nothing. For “Mum” is a Middle English word meaning “silent.” Now, my Mom was … Read more
What The Book of Negroes Can Teach Us About Freedom “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.” – George Santayana (If you’re interested, here is an excellent article by Nicholas Clairmont about the above quote) I recently finished reading The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill. My good friend, Sharon, had given it to … Read more