Women’s Chronicles

I am still away from the office but I think this column from August 28th last year is apt for the period we are in as parents are busy preparing excited and not-so-excited students for the new school year.

As indicated last week I am away from the office and I am reprinting some columns that resonate.

I will be away from the office for the next few weeks and will be unable to conduct interviews but I still wanted to bring the experiences of women to this space.

“The sight of my son walking through the door in a hospital gown, skin bloody with obvious injuries is one that I would never forget.

“It is like a fight for survival. You are anxious most of the times, because you don’t know what will be the next move.

“Sometimes I feel as if I am going crazy, like life is just slipping me by.

“The worst thing a woman could do is marry to a man that don’t talk.

I questioned over and over, how could a beautiful 23-year-old woman with so much happening give up on life?

Early this month (June 4th to be exact) I wrote about a sister who endured years of domestic abuse and felt she had no alternative but to remain in the situation.

This week I am sure has been a troubling one for most of us with the horrific allegations of rape against sitting Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall by a 16-year-old school girl.

“Growing up my father was my rock. I looked up to him and it was like he could do no wrong.

There is a WhatsApp message being circulated on social media, in which apparently a father demanded $10,000 from the $40,000 given for his child under the Ministry of Education’s ‘Because We Care’ cash grant.

“Sometimes it is as if she is giving up on life and at other times well I just don’t know if it is living or just existing.

Guyana is mourning. We have experienced the worst mass fire in our history and 19 children (18 of them girls) lost their lives.

“There are times I cannot believe we have the same parents.

Today as we celebrate Mother’s Day the journey into motherhood shared by two mothers in 2021 is reprinted.

“Sometimes I ask myself where do you draw the line? These children are so much more informed and many times if I don’t catch myself I will become the child and he will be the parent.

“There are times when I ask God what did I do wrong?

“I feel alive. I feel okay. You know there are moments that you feel everything is crumbling?

“Is not the best job, but is a job and I guess I got to be thankful.