Ethel, the Cameroonian wife of one of Clement’s friends is on vacation from class at the moment and we have been spending a good amount of time together. She makes me laugh. Her biggest complaint with Ghana is the food (the lack of her familiar foods and the high cost) and apart from earning her degree, growing fat is her biggest priority (she has quite a ways to go). I tried to encourage her by saying that she will probably gain a good amount of weight when she is pregnant but she just shook her head and said, “There’s not enough food.” Apparently in Cameroon for the first three months after the baby is born the new mother stays in the house, eats, and does nothing other than nurse the baby. According to Ethel when she emerges she is nice and fat her own fat now, not just weight from carrying the baby. I promised to play the role of her doting relative when the time comes and fatten her up to the best of my ability.
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I am setting up this blog to chronicle my adventures of babycatching in Africa. This site is for all of you who have loved, encouraged, and supported me over the past 29 years. This is my evolving story of stepping out into the unknown and meeting life as it first makes its way into the world.
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