Origin: Prague, Czech Republic
“What weight did my teenage worries and my brother’s school hardships have in the face of death? What childhood wounds and injustices that my mother felt she had suffered when she was small could not be forgotten in the light of not being able to talk to her mother ever again? And how can you keep holding a grudge against a son-in-law who held your hand in the moment of your greatest fear, no matter how disagreeable you thought him to be before?”
Origin: Australia
“Having a baby in your early twenties is not something that is encouraged in today’s society. Many people perceive that it will be too hard to make enough money to live comfortably if a woman has a baby before she has a career. They fear for her opportunities in life and for her self-esteem. They make valid points yet those claims are being quietly challenged by brave young women every day. Take Amy Lea, for example. Amy had believed that having a baby early was a bad idea - until she found herself pregnant at 20 and had to decide on a very personal scale what to do…”