“What’s the matter, Aditi?” Bavishni asked her friend. They were sitting on the verandah watching little Jaafar run barefoot about the yard. Aditi sighed. “I’m pregnant,” she announced. “Pregnant?” Bavishni got up and hugged her. “Congratulations!” “Thanks.” “You don’t seem happy that you’re pregnant.” “What if it’s another girl?” “So what?” “You can say that … More What if it’s another girl?
Alice Ball was the pharmaceutical chemist who developed a medical treatment for Leprosy, giving hope to millions. Leprosy is a dreaded disease. It has been around since biblical times. It is disfiguring and it filled its sufferers with hopelessness. In the US people with Leprosy were forcibly removed from their homes and detained indefinitely in … More Alice Ball
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up – Psalm 27:10 Daya was like an orphan even though her parents were not dead. They abandoned her and if it weren’t for her grandmother, she would have been completely alone. Family life was terrible for her. Her father beat … More Daya’s Timeline
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was the eldest of thirteen children. She was born on October 9, 1823 in Wilmington, Delaware. Her great-grandfather was Hans Schad, alias John Shadd, who served as Hessian soldier with the British army during the French and Indian War. Her father, Abraham Doras Shadd was trained as a shoemaker and owned a shop in … More Mary Ann Shadd Cary
This evening I received an email update from Dreamcatchers For Abused Children about the death an Indian baby girl named Falak who survived two cardiac arrests and a meningitis infection contracted during treatment. She was admitted to the hospital covered in human bite marks. The Doctors in Delhi said the battered two-year-old suffered a fatal heart attack. … More Death of Baby Falak
