Just 4 Rubies

When she is quiet, millions of things are running in her mind. When she stares at you, she is wondering why she loves you so much in spite of being taken for granted. When she says ‘I will stand by you’, she will stand by you like a rock. Never hurt her or take her for granted. A very heart touching message by a woman! Someone asked her, Are you a working woman or a housewife? She replied: Yes, I am a full-time working housewife. I work 24 hours a day. I'm a Mum. I'm a Wife. I'm a Daughter. I'm a Daughter-in-law. I'm an Alarm clock. I'm a Cook. I'm a Maid. I'm a Teacher .I'm a Waiter. I'm a Nanny. I'm a Nurse. I'm a Handyman. I'm a Security officer. I'm a Counsellor. I'm a Comforter. I don't get holidays. I don't get sick leave. I don't get day off. I work through day and night. I'm on call all hours and get paid with a sentence. **What Do you Do All Day??** This is dedicated to all women. A woma...

The most important day for fourth year medical students is the third Friday in March, when they find out where they have been accepted for their residency program. It's called Match Day. For medical student Nancy Abu-Bonsrah, it also became the day she made history as the first Black woman to become a neurosurgery resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital. After moving from Ghana to the United States with her parents at age 15, Abu-Bonsrah went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry and chemistry from Mount St. Mary’s University. In 2012, she started her medical student journey at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she will graduate as the first doctor in her family. Upon completion of her neurosurgery training residency program, Abu-Bonsrah is also set to become the first Black woman neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins. Abu-Bonsrah shared the good news on her personal Facebook page.  What a way to ...

"When I think of you, I see Strength & Grace. You are Gold to whoever gets you". Wow! Those were the words a girlfriend who I haven't spoken to in about a year and a half said to me. I was pleasantly shocked! I had no idea she saw me in that light. Her words came at a time that though my face and outward appearance told a different story; my spirit was down. I was feeling very low and even if I once thought of myself as something, I had started to think otherwise. I needed a word of encouragement. Not from my hubby or children who I know love me anyway but it came from a fellow woman who has absolutely nothing to gain.  This got me thinking how nice it will be if we women could encourage other women rather than the opposite. Truth be told, women unfortunately are other women's greatest enemies. A woman's rival is a woman; women gossip about other women; women are the worst inlaws; widows suffer at the hands of women; women snatch other women's hus...

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Can we talk about this for a minute? This is a Yale-educated law professor, First Lady, Senator, and Secretary of State who: -Endured 25 years of smear campaigns -Lost the Electoral College by 80,000 votes -Won the popular vote by 3 million votes -Attended her opponent's inauguration -Received no handshake from Trump -Was booed by the crowd when she appeared   And... LOOK at her. Polished and confident, wearing white for the Suffragettes, her husband taking *her* arm instead of the other way around. Symbolism matters. Perseverance matters. She matters. This is the godmother of New America, a rational, pragmatic, imperfect human being who was born 50 years too early for her gender to be a non-issue in an election. While she missed the presidency, she arrived just in time to show us all, in unflinching terms, the deep undercurrent of sexist double standards in our society. And in doing so, she taught generations of girls and women that yes, you DO matter an...