The Heartbreak of Loving a Man Who Doesn’t Want Children
Before we got married, I ensured I knew everything about him. I knew his dreams and what he wanted to become. I knew he had a son—a five-year-old boy he had with another woman he was once in love with. He told me; “That boy is a mistake of…
I Laid Two Men and a Child to Rest—All for Love
I married John when I was 25. He was the love of my life. Our wedding was on September 11th. He was John, I was 25, and our wedding was on the 11th. That gave us John 25:11:
“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The…
Asthma Only Strikes on Dates — and I Don’t Know Why
My mum died of asthma when I was 17. She had severe asthma and could have three to four seizures in a month. Finally, asthma won. It killed her.
My senior brother has it too. I’ve seen him struggling for breath on a few occasions and it…
She Claimed I Was the Father—Until the Baby’s Birth Revealed the Truth
We were both at the university when we fell in love. She was my coursemate and later became a study mate. During our final days in school, we became inseparable. That was when I proposed to her and she said yes.
A few months later, we…
Struggling With My Disabled Husband’s Treatment of Me – Considering Leaving
He does the worse things to me and I think I need to move on without him. The only reason I keep staying with him is this…
We struggled a lot before having a child. It was four years into our marriage before I got pregnant. When finally…
Why My Sister-in-Law Had to Move Out to Save My Marriage
She was just a girl when she came to live with us. Twelve or thirteen years, I think. We were newly married and she was in the second year of junior high school. When we moved into our newly rented two bedroom apartment, my wife thought it…
Why Ending My Engagement a Month Before the Wedding Was the Best Choice I Made
They say “You can’t change people, either you accept who they are or start living life without them.” I don’t know who said it but when I got to the point I had to choose between changing him and living without him, I chose the later. It’s…
I Discovered I’m Not My Daughter’s Father—But That Wasn’t the Biggest Shock
I was 26 years old when I decided on marriage. She was 25 years and equally matured for the journey. It wasn’t easy convincing my parents that I was a man enough to get married.
To them, I was still a boy who had been very lucky to find…
The Side Chick Who Became My Sister — And What She Taught Me
When we were dating, I learned two basic things from my husband; One, he’s not good at telling lies so he rather not talk about the issues that would make him lie. Two, he doesn’t like wearing white briefs. He only wore them to impress me…
Three Years of Friendship, Two Years of Love — and a Marriage That Lasted Just One Day
Fii was there when I started having issues with Kwame. He was a friend a ran to when things got out of hand between me and Kwame. He always had something to say to calm the storm in my heart. Sometimes when Kwame wasn’t talking to me after…