My baby Tumiso has a love for wildlife. She’s the kind of child who gravitates so naturally to the National Geographic channel, and tells you all sorts of weird wildlife facts. She’s also the kind of child who would much rather you buy her an animal encyclopedia, than a new game. So it came as…

Talking to a therapist is like taking your clothes off and then taking your skin off, and then having the other person say – “Would you mind opening up your rib cage so that we can start?” Have you ever been to therapy? Therapy is the most intrusive, intimate relationship an individual can have, so…

I remember very clearly the day my daughter Janice took her first step. It was an early step to embrace failure. She had hardly lifted her foot off the ground when she fell down. The little girl got up and tried again; and fell down yet again. The last time when she stood up, she…

“Lucky parents who have fine children usually have lucky children who have fine parents.” James A. Brewer What do teenagers want? I have the privilege to interact with young people and to understand what motivates and drives them, because I teach the teenage class on Sundays at my local church in Nairobi. My passion for…

I am constantly amazed at just how God created man, then later a woman for companionship. These two make a couple, and out of this union God raises a family. To put God at the CENTER of family therefore seems only sensible. Being a wife and a mother has given me the most joyous and…

Skill vs talent? It’s a question many are lost for an answer.. “LOST?” I am not lost! And neither am I out of reach. It’s just that our paths never cross frequently”. That was my response to my former workmate at Barclaycard, who as if on cue to quench his curiosity about my whereabouts, proceeded to…

Extra-curricular….one of my most favourite words! Having been brought up in the 8-4-4-system of education when it was first implemented, we often wondered why we were being punished to learn such subjects as home science, woodwork, metalwork, arts and crafts. The projects seemed so difficult at the time. Why make a bamboo flute? Why knit…

Is it shyness, timidity or just low self-esteem? Self esteem. “Teacher Martin?” Onyango calls me in a low voice, and this startles me. Onyango is looking at me with those shy eyes, and while he has never looked at me straight in the face leave alone ask any questions, I hide my shock behind a radiant…

Medicines for children are a necessity for any parent. As a mum or dad, you will at some point have to administer some kind of medicine to your child, whether bought over the counter or dispensed at a pharmacy on prescription advice from your paediatrician. It is important to ask yourself whether you are doing this…