“To cut off the sensitive sexual organ of a girl is directly against the honesty of nature, a distortion to her womanhood, and an abuse of her fundamental human right”- Joseph Osuigwe Chidiebere Jennifer, seen here as a child, underwent FGM When you hear about female genital mutilation (FGM), you automatically think of Africa where …
Nellie
I used to work with a very sweet lady named Nellie until she retired. After she left the company five years ago, we promised to keep in touch and we have. She lives with her son, Joash, a bachelor. I met him five years ago when I visited Nellie at his beach house. He was …
Too Dark
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. I used to believe that until the words began to wound me. They pierced my heart. I'm nineteen and in college. Other students stare at me and make remarks like, "She's so dark", "None of my black guy friends would date her because …
Women And Infertility
I was watching General Hospital and one of the characters received the news that she could not have children. Any child she carried would not be carried to full term. She would lose the baby. What heartbreaking news. It hurts to see women who want to be mothers and who would be great mothers unable …
Pregnancy At 40 and Older – The Risks
I got pregnant when I was forty and had our son when I was forty-one. It was a textbook pregnancy. There were no complications. I didn't have to have an epidural and the actual delivery took under fifteen minutes. The contractions although they were bad, they didn't last long. I have heard some horror stories of …
Notes to Women 