• Fashion

    Fashion ecdysis.

    July 24, 2025 - By 

    Lately, I’ve been feeling all wrong, like I’m in the wrong skin, and all my clothes no longer fit. I used to be curvy with a flat tummy, but the mom bod had gifted me a tummy, and while I exercise to get my shape back, I still have to dress for my present body type. Many mothers go through this. I call it fashion ecdysis, the process of moulting and becoming, accepting the new you, and becoming comfortable in your skin. I’ll be sharing some tips that help. 2 Exercise. It doesn’t have to be anything intense.  As little as…

  • Motherhood

    The Silent Load of Mothering Far From Home

    July 24, 2025 - By 

    When I became a mother, I expected to be tired. I expected a bit of the baby blues. I expected the diaper changes, the bottle washing, and long nights blurring into short days. But I didn’t expect loneliness to wrap around me like a second skin. I didn’t expect to cry in the shower, not just from sadness, but from the sheer weight of doing it all… alone. Mothering far from home or without a village is a different kind of hard.No aunties are knocking at your door.No neighbors showing up with hot food.No grandma offering to rock the baby…