The African proverb goes, "It takes a village to raise a child." Until I became a mother, I never really understood the depth of this adage. In an urban family set-up like ours, where we stay hundreds of miles away from our hometowns, families, and relatives to earn a decent livelihood, where do we find …
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New Mothers and Grandmothers
I had always wondered why it is a ritual in our society that a woman goes to her mother's home to deliver her child. When I was pregnant with my daughter last year and once she was born in the first month of this year, I got my answers. The reason is the mother of …
Natasha'z Points To Ponder 