Learning and teaching self-love is hard in a society that doesn’t accept exposing our bodies in a non-sexual way. We shy away from the body’s genuine and organic purpose. We are fearful of it. Why? Do you know how amazing we are? How perfectly we’ve been molded together. How miraculous our body is. All the things it can do. Our bodies create and give life. Our bodies alone radiate life; sustain life. So when you …
When I was 12 years old, I was diagnosed with Mosaic Turner’s Syndrome. One of the features of this condition is the absence of ovaries resulting in infertility. Being only 12 years of age I was not really thinking about the longer-term impact of this but when I turned 18 the reality of being unable to have children hit me. I was gutted. This was when my faith journey really began. As I processed the …
Both my parents attended the local Presbyterian Church. They were faithful attendees but not Christians. As I grew up I had very little interest in God. My adolescent years were scarred by sexual abuse and painfully low self-esteem. I was desperate for someone to make me feel safe and protected. When I met the man who was to become my husband I believed that he would do that for me, and to a large extent he did. …
Greg and I were married in 2005. I was so excited to start a new life with the man that I loved and in particular have a child with him. I already had a daughter, who I adored but after being a single mother for 13 years I longed to give my daughter a sibling and raise a child in a home where both mum and dad were present. It was in the second year …
Eunice’s dreams are not that unusual for a girl her age, to travel the world and to become a doctor. But the possibility of seeing them through is made more difficult simply because of where she was born. Eunice lives in Kibera one of the largest urban slums in Africa. With very limited access to sanitation, electricity and clean water and a population of almost one million people, life in Kibera is very challenging. “The kids …
