4 days agoA Night at CampI realize in some way, that this is me; has always been me. But I have sat on it, repressed it, stifled it, trapped it in a cage, sedated it like a tiger. The need for attention. But more than that, the need for affirmation. When I was a child…Abuse10 min readAbuse10 min read
Nov 20His First Words..It took me three years to say it out loud. Each time I tried; the words would melt like ice under the sun. Saying them would make it real and I wanted anything but this to be real. My mom tells me that, until I was four years old, I…9 min read9 min read
Sep 8, 2022Casualty of War…The sky was a blameless blue, when a middle aged gentleman landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. A few years later, he will be back at the same airport, full of naked fear and uncertainty. But no one knows this yet. On the day that he landed, a staff…Resilience14 min readResilience14 min read
Aug 23, 2022Tamar.Physician heal thyself then will thou also heal thy patient. But what if you are both the physician and the patient? Who do you heal first? I wasn’t ready to become an adult. Someone should have stopped me. Or at least paused the years. It was while I lay on…Child Loss9 min readChild Loss9 min read
Jul 12, 2022Kicking It..Tigist awoke abruptly, her sleep fractured by the pain in her bones. A pain so fierce it pried a groan out of her. In the darkness, John’s hand found hers locking their fingers together. “I am here. It’s ok,” he whispered as he got on his knees to prop her…Breast Cancer Pregnancy10 min readBreast Cancer Pregnancy10 min read
Jun 28, 2022NineWhen Anisa walked into labor ward, she knew from the number of ambulances parked in the bay that it was going to be one of those nights. The kind where you felt like you were locked in a pressure cooker and could only let the steam out once the shift…Endometriosis11 min readEndometriosis11 min read
Jun 28, 2022Faith not Fear..Have you ever heard of a medical spa? Neither have I. Not until I walked into one; hidden in a cul de sac in Nairobi’s leafy suburbs. It’s unimposing with no signage leading to it or at its gate. Google maps can’t find it. That’s why I got lost. …Medical Spa11 min readMedical Spa11 min read
Apr 19, 2022I believe I can fly…Unlike most people, I don’t know when I was born. I suspect I am in my mid twenties though I feel like I have lived triple my age. Whatever that number may be. My life started out pretty bog standard. You should have seen us back then, my siblings and…Street Kids13 min readStreet Kids13 min read
Mar 29, 2022Forget..They told her she would forget. She didn’t believe them but when something is said to you on a loop it slowly tattoos itself in your mind and becomes your truth. So she did what they asked her to do to erase her memory. …Miscarriage9 min readMiscarriage9 min read
Mar 16, 2022Make It CountOnce upon a time on my way to school, I met a buffalo. A circumstance that could have been avoided, had I walked my usual path. But I was too pained by thoughts of my sister to remember to go round the valley instead of across it. I was barely…Hope7 min readHope7 min read
