I second guessed myself on so many occasions, put stop signs on uncountable instances but still walked through; only certain of my uncertainty. And then one day I came across this brainy quote- that great people do things before the are ready. They do things before they know that they can even do it…
My intention to write this is as old as time! (How cheesy!). I have typed and deleted this post not less than sixteen times in the last three years… Unsure, unprepared, feeling ‘not good enough’ and afraid of letting the world tread into my own battles. I go through tough times and think that I…
Confession! Number 8 was reserved. But I have taken it for me. Not myself really, let’s call it a note from the editor in chief-ess. When I heard the first Christmas Carole on the last day of November, it hit me that the baby in 2017 had grown to old age real quick and would…
By and large, 2017 was an amazing year for me. This is a collection of short notes to the people who propelled me to high heights, and the people who held my back at the lowest of moments. It is my way of saying THANK YOU! Ps. This is a continuation of the gratitude challenge…
To tell the story of happy endings without the struggles and choices that ultimately lead to the happy ending is elusion at another level. To tell the story of loving deeply and believing in the promise of an endless passionate love without appreciating and understanding that young love can be tragic and heart-breaking is deception.…
I was in campus, young, aggressive and ambitious! I sat across the table in utter amazement; wondering what people did and how they did it to achieve half of what he had in twice his age. He had landed a dream job in a dream company right after his undergrad studies. And he was the…
And behold we have the President of the Republic of Kenya. What a week! Allow me to take you just a few steps back, the weeks before the week! For purposes of this post, we shall start by some quick definitions. An ordinary household– This was a household whose main political interest was either Baba,…
...Between the meet and happily ever after, we swing between coulda, woulda and shoulda circumstances. Am I sure? Can I stand this? Who does that? What kind of girls has he been dating? He is so clueless it hurts
...it has a green patch. The shade that I wear when I scroll down newsfeed and wonder how people can have a life so perfect. I walk down the insta-stories in this shade, exploring streets of others who have perfected the art of creating glamour in gloom. Of masters and mistresses who know no life struggles
I met Raz back in 2003. A half Madagascan half Luyha girl with the body of a goddess. (I recently got that ‘body of a goddess’ line from ours truly). I looked at her in adoration and ran to Winnie. “What can I do to look like her when I grow up? I want that…
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