Annoying Questions People Ask Stay-At-Home Moms
(And what you should ask instead) I’m a stay-at-home mom with 2 kids — a 2-month-old and a 2-year-old. I’m 27 years old this year and I live in the sunny state of Singapore. I quit my
A Letter to Myself on my 20th Birthday
Dear Sobia, Happy 20 vulnerable years of your birth and sigh for Sylvia Plath isn't alive, she would had turned 88 today. Sigh! again. First off, let me start by saying that it's okay to
Book Review: ‘The Guineveres’ by Sarah Domet
Four girls who share a name and a home at the Sisters of the Supreme Adoration convent after being abandoned by their families are the focus of Sarah Domet’s debut novel. Vere, Gwen, Win and
SOS (Save Our Sisters) Alert; Independent Women
As a family lawyer I am used to emotionally carrying people, this forms part of my job, I am used to solving other people’s problems, and I let people lean on me. For many of
A Poem on Womanhood and A Poem for My Mother
WOMANHOOD My chocolate colored coat smells of arabica coffee beans and samples of perfume bottles I cannot afford yet The linen doesn’t feel secure anymore I am changing along with my wool fabric This is
Cycles: Understanding Our Hormonal Health
According to the World Health Organization, health is defined as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not only the absence of disease or illness”. Health is complex and challenging to define, but
Virginity and Womanhood
As a 33-year-old woman I have never regarded myself as anything other than that - a woman. I work and earn my own money. I make my own decisions. I am held accountable for those