Put your wife down at your peril!
By Bunmi Sofola LARA had often moaned that someone else had got the life she was supposed to have. We were mates at the secondary school and have remained close decades after we left. A fairly brilliant student, we were all mildly surprised when she opted for matrimony. Within the spate of a decade, she’d not […]
The agony of a mother as she watched her daughter destroyed by domestic violence
AUGUSTA is in her 60s, middle class and seemingly contented except for the torn in her flesh – the destruction of her daughter’s self-worth by the monster she was married to. Here, she tells her story:
Fight age-related illness with a 30-minute walk!
If you want to stay young, don’t wait for a wonder drug—just go for a walk instead. A half-hour walk every day is as good as a ‘super-pill’ capable of combating age-related illness from diabetes to dementia, Britain’s biggest science conference heard. It also fights obesity, arthritis and cancer and helps lift depression. Dr. James Brown, an expert in ageing, said that while 30 minutes’ brisk walking a day may not seem like much, studies from around the world show it benefits all-round health.
Abandoned children never get over the mother who walks away
STEPHANIE was just six years old, and her brother 19 months when their mother walked out on them—and her marriage. “She left us with our next door neighbour as she often did when she had to go out after work, but this time, she never returned,” she recalled. “I’m not really sure what precipitated her decision, though the marriage had dearly been in trouble. Her leaving was a very humiliating experience—I was too young to cope with the neighbours’ pitying looks, and some nasty comments….
Secrets of the heart
In times gone by, in the real traditional African setting, it was the responsibility of parents to find suitors for their children. Marriage was considered a very important institution, a lifelong contract all things being equal. Families on both sides conducted investigations on the intending partners and even their family members and history before consenting to proposal. It was not often that one heard of cases where young men and women were allowed to bring home partners of their choices in the name of falling in love.
