My name is Abebi and I'm from Bauchi, Nigeria. I love school. I love learning new things. I want to become a teacher because we need more female teachers here in our schools. More female teachers will encourage girls to remain in school. I think girls will relate better to female teachers and feel more …
Matt and Melania Dance
He watched as his parents danced to their favorite song, Moondust and Magic. They looked so happy and still very much in love after all these years of marriage. Growing up, he had never seen them cross with each other or heard them exchange angry words. Their marriage was the kind he had aspired to …
The Joys of Motherhood
Surreal is finding out that I was pregnant. Feeling a life grow inside me. Having a textbook pregnancy, thanks to God. The contractions that kept me from sleeping. Surreal is when the moment I have been waiting for finally arrives. And no amount of dreaming and anticipating could prepare me for that breathtaking moment …
The Ball
Monica was walking on the immaculate grounds of Whitmore Manor where her friend and co-worker Alex invited her to spend the afternoon. It was the day before the annual charity ball and already there was a sense of excitement and anticipation in the air. This was to be her first one since she only started …
The Visit
She stood at the window watching the snow fall in thick white sheets on the streets below. It had been like this all morning. What was it going to end? All night she had looked forward to seeing Rupert. When they had last seen each other which was a fortnight ago, he had …
Notes to Women 