The combination of widowhood, blindness and HIV sero-positive status has never been stigmatising enough to make me lose my self esteem as a woman and as a mother. I became my own activist at an early age of seven when blindness struck me and since then I made up my mind to live life to the fullest. I was determined to have my children complete their studies and never to feel the impact of my blindness. I would never have imagined I had HIV because Chris was my first boyfriend and to me he was an angel. I had no one to cry to when I finally got my HIV results; Chris was long gone.

Source: Standard Digital May 13, 2017 05:48 UTC