“Second Virginity? What on earth is that?”
I first heard the term a couple years ago, from a friend who belongs to a boisterous Evangelical Christian youth group. To me, it sounded silly, not to mention biologically impossible! After all, you can’t get your virginity back, once you’ve lost it. You might as well try to get back your baby teeth!
My name is Nicolette and I come from Zimbabwe, commonly referred to as Africa’s paradise. If you look at a map of the world, look for Africa and near the bottom, you will see a country shaped like a teapot. That is the beautiful country of Zimbabwe.
A little about myself: I’m crazy, spontaneous, and I’m not afraid of talking about anything and everything. Quite a lot of the things I say are just outrageous, but I do make some sense.
An update from William; "If a dog walks by, I go crazy. I love dogs! I bark like a dog to let my mommy know what's going on. She doesn't quite catch the spark, and sometimes I get frustrated. Why can't she take me out to see it?" 
Teenagers are invincible, or so we think. Later on we learn we are not. When you are a teenager, a world of fun and no responsibilities await you every morning. It is one of the best times in our lives, although, as many have learned, as I have, it can be confusing. Your adult life starts as an empty book, waiting to be filled, but it can slam shut fast. (more…)
I became pregnant and had my baby when I was young. Liam and I didn’t wait until we had careers, education, a house, two cars, and a nursery painted pink or blue. We wanted to be generous to life and accept whatever happened with adventurous spirits. Well, we got what we wanted! Nine months and three weeks after our wedding, while living in my mother-in-law’s attic, I gave birth to a baby boy. Our life has never been the same since!
I have no regrets about spending the best years of my youth lavishing love on a husband and baby. I wouldn’t trade my life for any other. But I want to send a message to all young women, especially girls in their teens, who might be wanting to get pregnant: being a mom is a lot of work.
Hey Friends and StandUpSisters,
Our Easter love to you all! I finally have a few minutes to write and let you all know how we’re doing. Please forgive me for not keeping in touch. It doesn’t show how much I love you all and think of you.
Liam and I have been very busy, because we just bought a house! It is a fine, solid, old thing, which smells and is decorated exactly like my chain-smoking grandmother’s house…you know the kind. However, we are going to attack the carpets and wallpaper with tools. Underneath, there are oak floors and beautiful wood trim. After it is stripped and painted and scrubbed, it will be amazing! The kitchen and bathroom are nice and clean and spacious and I love them. They are the two most important rooms in the house. It’s in East City, the hip part of town, with it’s own little village markets and a bike trail. So we will be students and poor as mice, but we will have our own place. It doesn’t matter how humble, as long as it’s yours! I’m hoping we can find a piano somewhere so that I can teach piano out of my home.
