by uBu | Jul 5, 2021 | Guest Blogs
My period was 4 days late and it was never late. The sore breasts, the puking, the cramps, although these were all symptoms I faced whenever I was on my period anyway. Not to mention the fatigue these past few days. I checked my calendar for the hundredth time before...
by uBu | Jun 9, 2021 | Guest Blogs, Life & Lessons
I’ve had two abortions all below the age of 18, why you ask? I lacked basic sex education because it’s quite the taboo to educate young people about sex in Malawi. The first time I got pregnant it took me about five weeks to realize I am pregnant, I and my...
by uBu | Jun 2, 2021 | Guest Blogs, Life & Lessons
Our baby would have been born today, do you know that? Our progeny, bone of my bones Our pleasurable mistake but the universe’s manifestation of my deepest desires I am pregnant, three little words with so much weight so much meaning Words with the power to rip us...
by uBu | Mar 22, 2021 | Guest Blogs
Living abroad sounds exciting. It is exciting. I’m Zambian and my home is Zambia. When an opportunity came for me to leave Zambia, I grabbed it with both hands. I currently live in Malaysia and I have been here for the last three years. When people find out I don’t...
by uBu | Mar 19, 2021 | Guest Blogs
On paper, my life in America seemed outstanding. In 2014, I was a tenured associate professor at one of the best medical schools in the nation, living in a big house on the hill; I was a paragon of privilege. Inside, though, I was crumbling. I felt...
by uBu | Mar 15, 2021 | Guest Blogs
I remember the day I got to the Beitbridge border post. As night fell I could see the beauty of the lights across the border, in Musina. My Canaan, right there. To this day I can never put the feeling I had into words. Some can say I had it easy. I had a relative...
