Strange firsts

It is an unusually busy time at school. Everybody has a deadline here, a draft to submit there and of course there is the daunting task of the pending dissertation. Conversations have grown shorter and and everyone is always rushing somewhere. Linda feels the pressure and constantly looks for ways to take a breather once …

Humps ahead

Temperatures are now as low as -2 degrees in London. A normal person would probably succumb to flu or cough at most, but no, Linda had to go and attract some other bugs. After an almost 'too good to be true' fortnight, the universe decided that this lady needed to calm down a bit, thereby …

Listen

I do not know what you are going through right now. Quite frankly, no one does except you. I know this because no matter how much of yourself you actually share, only you can truly feel some things, if you get my drift. If I had never been rushed to hospital in the middle of …

Plan A is always…YOU

"You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.” I received a call recently. The lady spoke so fast and I could barely make out what she was saying. Whatever it was, she needed it fast.I told her to slow down so I could …

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 …

To love, hold and lose..

Growing up means many things, maturity, responsibility and several wrong decisions plus lessons that you may or may not take from all the experiences you encounter. Your elders will warn you about what to expect and recount their stories as many times as they can but none of it saves you from the reality and …

Yup, That friend…

There are times in our lives when the people who know us the best are the ones who understand us the least..if that makes sense. Sometimes you know a friend of yours doesn't like something but you do it anyway. You know they will pull their hair out slowly if you keep them waiting but …

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 …

40 days Over 40 Smiles…a year later- By Tracy Kakyo

Tracy's blog can be followed here A couple of years out of University most young ladies are occupied with thoughts of good jobs, more studies, the latest fashions, relationships and the best hang outs. Esther Kalenzi is no different except for one other thing; her compulsion to make a difference in the lives of orphaned …