Giving a helping hand
“It wasn’t the easiest thing and I had to battle with it, but now, looking back, I believe I made the right decision and have no regrets.
Women’s Chronicles
Making a little girl’s dream of having her own business come true
Today my sister Svetlana Abrams tells the heart-warming journey of supporting her young daughter’s dream of becoming an entrepreneur.
Sometimes parenting is just doing the very best we can
“It is a battle I go through every day. Sometimes I don’t want to fight and other times like I don’t have a choice.
There’s a fine line between supporting and enabling
“I don’t know. I believe that is all I can do for them now and for me it make me feel good, even if at times I does feel that they taking too much.”
It is okay to share
Last Wednesday, International Women’s Day was observed. This day is observed on March 8th annually and seeks to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.
Many single moms are unsung heroes
Many times when we say women are unsung heroes it is in reference to them doing great things in their career path or their work or actions impacting the lives of many.
When work is more than mere employment
“I just needed to go out and work. I don’t know if it is the right thing, because is like I am still working it through.
With family support, ‘Aunty’ turned the corner on her grieving
“I so happy that she doing better, you know. Is like if me aunty come back.
Letitia Wright’s visit home a breath of fresh air
So over the last week, Guyana welcomed a movie star to our shores.
Two wrongs don’t make a right
There is no ‘I am wrong but…’. And this is what I want to say to that mother of a student of St Angela’s Primary School who attacked a teacher recently and ended up standing in the school yard topless.
Leaving suspicions and accusations in the dust
“It really hurts and sometimes I am drained and overwhelmed because I am tired of the accusations.
Trying to collect child support through an archaic court system
“Better to raise your child alone than to go through Guyana’s court system,” said a mother who has been attempting for months to hold the father of her son accountable by having him pay the court mandated sum for child maintenance.
Navigating motherhood
“It has not been easy but I love children and so it makes it easier for me.
Aging gracefully
Some months ago, I turned a year older. Like with many women, I realised that, well, ‘a getting a lil old’ and with that myriad thoughts, chief among them the fear of what the future holds.
Facing harsh behaviour in the public health care system
“For two months I wasn’t seeing my health and I was thinking, ‘Lord, I hope I am not pregnant’, because I cannot deal with that right now.
Prison was a life changing experience
Come January, it will be six years since the Women’s Chronicles column became a reality and to be honest I was not sure it would have made it this far.
Real-life village drama
The events related here took place in a relatively quiet East Coast Demerara village and were told to me by a sister.
A frazzle-free Christmas can be a joyful thing
Today Christmas is 63 days away. Yes you read right. I promised last year that this year the ‘hustle and bustle’ will not get me this year and I want to help my sisters too.
Not all friends can be trusted
From time to time we hear the saying ‘women can be our own worst enemy’; meaning that often the most hurtful situation for a woman is created by another woman.
‘It’s hard to save others if you are drowning’
“I had just given up and figure that was my lot in life.
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