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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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My stomach knots with anxiety when I receive a phone call from home in Kenya. Don’t get me wrong; I receive many happy calls from family and friends. But the…
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…