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I may forget most things I did when I was a child but I never forget what mama taught me. She had a unique way of making you remember her lessons whether you liked it or not. Thanks to these ways, I naturally know how I ought to behave and how not to. Here are some of the lessons; Mama taught me to respect people. People I like, those I don't like, those I meet everyday and even those I go years without seeing, it doesn't matter, respect them. She said, if you can't respect them in your own privacy, force yourself to respect them in public. She taught me never to despise anyone. Especially the people who might not appear respectable by whichever virtue. 'Treat people equally despite their status', mama always says.  If you can't bring yourself to relate with them like you relate with others at least do not despise them. Thanks to my mama I know I am my own responsibility. How I turn out to be is upon me. What I own, how I stay, how I behave, what I achieve,...

One of my best days as at now is my 24th birthday. I know am loved but many days go by without being told or shown or realizing how much am loved. To the inventor of birthdays, thank you, because I realize that this one day I get to hear from so many souls all wishing me a cute year ahead whether casually or deeply the wishes are all deeply appreciated. Here is a little appreciation to all who took a second of their time or more to think of me. I am truly grateful sweethearts. To my adorable family, dad, mum, lovely sister, awesome brothers, my sister in laws and lovely Etienne; I cannot give back for all the lovely messages, precious gifts and well wishes that you have always given me. I pray that God may bless you all abundantly and grant you the wishes of your hearts. To my birthday mates Tony, Robert, Liz and cousin Sally together with all those that I may not know I wish you a lovely year ahead that you may grow wiser and younger and keep getting better at what you do.  ...

One of the greatest virtues in existence is that of 'giving it time'. Time is a medicine of it's own prescribed by nature yet heals a million sicknesses. Think of the countless times you have wished to finish a period of time in your life for instance a bad day, a boring lesson, hours behind bars, a bad job, a stressful experience, recovery from sickness, toxic relationship, school etc. They have always come to pass and ushered in many more better or worse experiences haven't they? Yet the next time you commence another not so pleasant period of an event you keep wondering when shall this end?! It is our nature as human beings to get worried and impatient about things. We have the power to allow that anxiety to control us and give us stressful moods and sleepless nights. It is more of a choice, you choose to live now and worry about now or live in the future and deal with both present and future stresses. Many a times we choose to try both and the result is always u...

We live in such a spoilt era where doing wrong is the fashionable right. I mean people do all sorts of evil things and they are not moved even a single inch. Its the norm, the real thing and as a society we have pardoned such things to the extent that when you stand for the right thing you are weird. Very beautiful young girls date married men, they are fully aware of the status but hell yes they are fine with it as long as the money keeps coming. We are afraid of introducing our spouses to 'friends' because apparently these 'friends' will snatch them. others forbid visitors to their homes whenever hubby is around because hubby will see more beautiful ladies and run after them. LOL. Little kids as young as 4 know everything that goes on in the bedroom when mommy and daddy are in, they make me wonder was I slow, is the world spoilt or what exactly is going wrong? Friends stopped being real friends. Being genuinely happy for the good in a friend's life is a pa...

Hallo Nairobi it has been awhile but I am back this time to alert us of insecurity instances that we ought to watch out for. In 2009/2010 I lost a phone (kabambe phone to be particular) in a rather common way but it is good to mention it so as to alert anyone who might not be aware. It was on a Sunday I was coming from church and had to take a matatu back home.   I called my sister just before getting into the matatu unaware someone was watching me. As soon as I sat as the third person at the row just behind the driver’s row, another passenger quickly came in squeezing himself to fit, notice we were already three (full) meaning he was an excess on that row. I tried to complain, telling him to sit at the empty seats behind us but the driver and conductor intervened saying it was a Sunday and people were in a hurry for church so I should let him stay. I did not suspect anything so I kept my cool. This guy had a brown envelope which he put on his laps, overlapping to my side...

November babies, it is our time. A whole new year is almost coming to an end, been through a mixture of happiness, sadness, confusion, focus, desire, ambition, tears, bitterness, joy, name them. All these are finally ushering in a new year, thanks to The Almighty God above. Have you ever sat in a quiet place and wondered at all that happens and life keeps moving forward? So much goes on around and with us in the course of life that when you think about it, it is indeed overwhelming. I had some quiet moments today and thought of the 224 perished souls in the plane crush that occurred in Egypt. Lives lost as young as a several months old baby and as old as a 77 years old granny. My heart surely sank. I am sad for these very many dreams, very many ambitions, and moments lost within a short period of time, unpredicted, unseen yet it happened. Then I searched my soul and thought this could be Kenya, America, Philippines, France wherever. People die every day, every minute; sad as...