Fatima, the cottage leader in Nigeria, wrote this to Big Ocean Women: “We were given a free day today so I was able to get to the bank and then we went to get the things from the market and also distributed today. We rushed everything today because the lock down resumes tomorrow. It was…
Some years ago, (more than I like to admit) when I was a fairly new mom of four tiny humans coming in rapid succession, two little girls, and then two little boys, I met an older woman, another mother who had several grown children of her own, someone who wanted to chat about our babies,…
I’ve always been impressed by my father’s consistent patience and optimism. Even in the darkest of situations, he would portray optimism among his frustrations. I also consider myself very lucky to have a good dad, as I know many people are not that lucky–including my father himself. My grandpa was the stereotypical distant, absent father…