by Natacha Umutoni | Apr 18, 2018 | Culture, Poem, Thoughts & Reflections, Uncategorised
The pain, the grief, the loss Is felt at the core of our souls. We live with grief. Every day. Beyond the dirty past, beneath the hard scars are fresh wounds We live with them. Every day. Grief is our second rib. Our constant companion Existing without her is...
by Natacha Umutoni | Dec 4, 2017 | Education, Family, Health, Lifestyle
Last month, our newsfeed was flooded with stories of rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein. The actress Alyssa Milano took to twitter using the hashtag ‘MeToo’, encouraging women to share their stories of sexual abuse and harassment. Astounded by the...
by Natacha Umutoni | Aug 8, 2017 | Family, Lifestyle, Thoughts & Reflections
I miss you every single day. I see you in every stranger that I meet. I feel you in every song, the lyrics remind me of our conversations. Sometimes I stop at your scent, with hopes of seeing you. There are days when it’s easier, and those days I tell myself that you...
by Natacha Umutoni | Jul 6, 2017 | Current Affairs, Thoughts & Reflections
June 20th was world refugee day and with all the terror that is going on around the world, we have so many more refugees today than ever before. The stories shared on my timeline really touched me and reminded me of our own struggle. A month or two ago, I read a...
by Natacha Umutoni | May 1, 2017 | Culture, Empowerment, Love & Sex, Thoughts & Reflections
Addressing women during an RPF-Inkotanyi Women’s League Congress in Kigali on April 22, 2017, the president of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, warned elder women against terrorizing the younger ones about tolerating domestic violence during bridal showers. The president...
