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Where is Drew?
This is the immediate question on the lips of all my family members as soon as they get home. Everybody arrives home and their first stop is to happily look for Drew. My journey began on a low note as we never planned to have a 3rd baby. The pregnancy caught me unawares and saddened…
Bradley – The Champ! Out of C-Section into a world of love
C-Section, the most defining moment in a man’s life as he waits for a new lease of life. The clock stopped and I didn’t have the strength to wait and I feared for the worst. It was a C-Section. I knew it was a boy from the start and even had names in my head.…
The Weaning Debate
Many mothers are faced with the dilemma of when to start weaning their babies and when to eventually stop breastfeeding completely. They receive advice from many different sources depending on their family history, culture and socialization and all these may prove either useful or overwhelming to the mum. Weaning is the gradual process of introducing…
My Nana – My Miracle
Psalms 127:3 – “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb, a reward. Every woman, well most of us desire to have children of our own at some point in our lives and I was no exception. I desired to be called mummy and at 34 years of age I…
My Godson Caleb – The Selfie King
“Count your blessings name them one by one… count your blessings see what God has done…” this is a hymn from my Golden Bells hymn book that’s playing in my mind as I pen down this article. I’m blessed to have experienced so many happy moments in my life and today I write about one…
Communicating to Children about HIV
Do tell. Otherwise your child may develop strange fears and jump to wrong conclusions Communication in the family and especially to children about HIV is fraught with complication. Just the very topic on its own is an almost taboo subject and families struggle to explain to their children the origin, nature and manifestation of it.…
Epidural Delivery….Good Or Bad Idea?
I opted to have an epidural while delivering my Nyakio. Why? The thought of a painless experience was tremendously appealing. Having had a normal (epidural free) birth the first time round – and knowing the inexplicable pain of it – I was extremely pleasantly surprised when I went through my epidural assisted delivery this time.…
Listening with Your Eyes
I was mesmerized. I involuntarily inched closer. Their conversation was magnetic and compelling…… I stood at the busy bus stage in downtown Nairobi popularly known as Ambassador waiting for my friend Sam who’d told me he was running late. I stood there looking at Kenyans rushing past, in a hurry to get to different places.…
The Rape Predicament
Njeri* is gang raped by three men on her way home from work on a Friday evening. They leave her in the bushes, but she manages to painfully make her way to the small house where she stays alone. She hides for several days, afraid to even venture out to church on Sunday. By the…
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