Today we’re recommending something for the adults to fully immerse themselves in. A story told by Tintswalo Christian Nkuna, a formidable strong woman who is the founder of Wise Maidens Network, an organisation that supports and empowers single mothers. Find below the synopsis:

They say there is no love as real as the first love. But if the first love slaps the hardest, the first heartbreak cut the deepest. Just as teenage love makes you think nobody can love you better, the first hurt makes you think nobody can ever love you. What follows are feelings of bitterness, worthlessness and self-pity. Add a child into the fray and what you have is a messy totality of co-parenting with the person who crushed you.

It is an account of a young woman’s high school crush that turned into paradise, before following many a relationship’s fate of lies, broken vows, separation, and starting over again.

With a writing style that makes you feel like you are her neighbor, Tintswalo invites you to introspect, blush, yawn, yell and breakdown with her as she revisits some of love’s greatest misfortunes. If you accept the call to join her, all she asks of you is that you do not judge her, but to have an open mind and a compassionate heart.