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How women 'make it happen' for the world

familyWe are the first people to wake up each morning. We wake up at around 4am and sneak out of bed in darkness just to ensure we do not interfere with our men's sleep. They hate it when you make the slightest noise during their last hour of sleep.

After sneaking out of bed, we rush to wake the kids up, one eye on our helps as they prepare breakfast. We juggle between dressing them for school and packing their snacks as we keep glancing at the clock to make sure our husbands do not oversleep. Before we wake them up, we ensure everything is set in the bathroom so that all they do is walk in, take a shower and walk out. As they take their long shower, we are busy pleading with the children to at least take another sip of tea as they sit there half dozing with their mouths full of bread.

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