“Fatalism is a pervasive attitude among the majority of Kenyans, and Africans. You accept injustices and avoidable risks with a fatalistic calm.” This statement jolted me out of my train of…

Mahamri, and it’s less flavour intense twin Mandazi is a breakfast street food. Mahamri accompanies other meals like lentils and grilled meats. This snack which is originally from the Kenyan coastal…

  The bus driver, a stranger, exasperated, red-faced, hit the brakes. He marched over to where my family sat, he lowered his voice and reprimanded my child.   His calm…

As a Kenyan, transitioning to a Danish life has not only been exciting, but challenging. I took a big risk by moving abroad, leaving my comfort zone, and embracing a…

Life lessons from parenting a toddler usually involve  a whirlwind of emotions. If you are a parent to a toddler, then you know that these littles ones can go from…

Mindful motherhood wasn’t on my mind this morning, as I was frantically trying to put away piles of folded laundry while organising my day and the week ahead. In my…

As a mother of two boys, none of my pregnancies has been easy  – mentally and physically. I struggle with a pregnancy condition known as Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG), which means…

Lest we forget Remembering the 147 students who died in the Garissa Terror attack My heart and mind are with my motherland – Kenya. I am a very angry woman…

My pregnancy had been complicated physically, mentally and emotionally. Having undergone nearly eight months of the gruesome hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) meant that I could not take any more extensions with…

Death at a distance and that dreaded phone call My stomach knots with anxiety when I receive a phone call from home, Kenya. Don’t get me wrong, I get many…

The womanly art of breastfeeding I always thought that breastfeeding was child’s play, a natural act of motherhood which would come on cue as soon as my child was born.…

  I am out taking an evening stroll with my husband and our son. We pass by a group of preteen girls at the local playground. They suddenly start singing. I…