“I have a confession to make. I once uninvited an amazing couple friend of ours because they had just had their precious little girl and I was recovering from having part of my cervix removed in the continuing hopes of having a child of our own.”

“By this time next year, you will have your own sitting on your lap” my Ghanaian aunty prophesied in the type of voice that is warm but also spiced with concern. I smiled back trying to make it as believable as possible and then looked down. “Oh lordt! If only it was that easy” I thought to myself.