Ride Along

Last night I took an uber at about 21:55. I usually sit in the front when I am alone but I let Karen have the co-driver’s seat as I placed my ‘luggage’ in the back. Some people feel safer at the back but I am more comfortable studying my chauffeur in this position. I digress. …

Drop of sunshine

The other day at dinner my brother said to me, “You have some really good friends.” I smiled and nodded, nothing I would say could fill that space sufficiently. Last month after 4040’s annual fundraiser, 5 aside UG, Vivian* called me up. She had seen the surplus we made from the event and decided to …

3: Still here

It is said the two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why. I ‘accidentally’ found out my purpose at 24, as a passionate, curious, naive and mostly unstoppable woman. On February 27 2012 when I opened that 40-40 page, I could not have …

Me, myself and I

Someone once told me ‘never to start’ if I wanted to live with my loved ones peacefully. In her view, if you know you aren’t going to do something ‘till death,’ it is better you do not start it at all. Here is an illustration; If a man is courting a lady and pulling out …

A drop in the ocean

My cousin Jane is studying at a vocational training school in the neighbourhood. Within her first week of lessons, you needed to hide your lesu, kitenge or any other piece of cloth you had. If she got her hands on it, it would be quickly be transformed into a skirt, dress or purse. I am …

Charity; is it really worth it?

It is almost two years since the birth of 40 days over 40 smiles. Last night a few thoughts kept me awake and they shall consequently form the content of this blog post. The journey we embarked on is designed in such a way that we meet people from diverse backgrounds; rich, poor, vulnerable, deliberately …

Life; Live it-Love it!

I once watched an episode of Grey's anatomy in which a patient was diagnosed with lung cancer. She was  against the idea of surgery because she was scared of death. That was not all, however,she had spent her entire life trying to do right, follow the rules, be good. She had never smoked nor sipped …

Life-Precious (Part 1)

At exactly this time last week I was doing what seemed like fighting for my life. It is for this reason that I have since put myself on pressure to get busy and be completely occupied at all hours for fear that still moments shall create an avenue for an episode.. How? I had been …

Beautiful little hearts

At the beginning of this year, a friend of mine whom I shall call Madeline lost her sister. I can still remember the night she called me unable to stifle sobs. She was broken and I heard it in her voice but had to stay put until the very next day. The following days were …

Rap Baking Queen :)

I knew a guy once. I suppose I still know him but we have been separated by distance and time. I will call him Bruno. We were in school together and at that point I would say we were nothing more than classmates. He sat at the back of the class and made jokes, he …