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Positive parenting for child discipline
Sheila and I were talking about children — child discipline, to be specific, when she started complaining about Mueni, her six year old daughter. She told me, “Aki Chris, yesterday wasn’t I so annoyed with my daughter!” She recounted how Mueni wouldn’t listen and wanted to do her own thing the previous evening. “She really…
Confessions of a closet vegetarian
I am a closet vegetarian. Ok yes, there – I’ve communicated it out loud. This is quite a big confession moment for me. I feel like I’ve just made a huge declaration to the world……. very new-age-therapy- induced sounding yes? So……Does this confession take away my closet status? I think I’m reluctant to let go…
I am waiting
I am waiting for you little man So eagerly that sometimes I sit and wait Not doing much but just thinking of you Nothing in particular but just waiting for you. You are yet to be born but you are so full of life You are still to make a voice and yet sweeter than…
When angels fall sick…
The shoot had been great. The entire crew was on time. The cast had their lines flawlessly roll off their tongues. The wardrobe and make-up perfected the storyline’s accent. The only issue was that my baby was a bit too calm. She was unusually ‘cooperative’ – never grabbing the props, or pulling our hair and…
Domestic Violence — The Facts
I sat in the bus travelling. A young mother asked to alight at the next stop, and as I looked at her she didn’t look alright. She looked rather disturbed and in a hurry. As she made her way out of the bus, her young son staggered after her through the aisle. Shasha* the lady…
Project Nursery – Soon To Be Filled
I was ten weeks along when I discovered that I was pregnant. I’d been having really bad nausea which I attributed to my workload. Given that I had just started out at a new company, I thought all the work was weighing me down. That’s when I decided to take a pregnancy test… The first…
The Diary of a Waiting Mom
I am growing each week, today I celebrate my eighth week birthday as we head towards the 39 weeks or so. Yes I am eight weeks pregnant if you are still guessing what I am talking about. There are a few things I am waiting for even as I count down the weeks and wait…
Electrical Safety for Children
Children are not only the most treasured beings to the heart of man but also the hands by which they catch a glimpse of heaven. Suffice to say therefore that anything that risks the life of children needs to be addressed with critical importance. Electrical danger exposes children to harm at the place where their…
Baby number 3 is on the way!
I conceived on 20th December 2014 to be precise. I remember the date very well as this pregnancy was long awaited. Our current last born son is 5 years old now and I have suffered two miscarriages in both 2013 and 2014. So you can just imagine what this pregnancy has meant for us as…
Alcoholism Part 2
Click here if you missed part 1….. As I talked to a form three student who had been out of school for four months for being an alcoholic, her tragic story unfolded. I discovered that she was the daughter of a single mum who’d left the country for a business trip for six months when…
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