Remembering ‘Helen’ My Treasured Childhood Friend

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This is a picture of my friend’s daughter carrying her doll while watching TV. My friend’s name is Emily. When I saw this picture, it...

How About Making New Year’s Resolutions as a Family This Year?

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Happy New Year! Hope the year has began on a good note for you. Seeing as today is the beginning of 2015, many of us...

Motherhood Notes from a Kenyan Mom in the Diaspora: 2014 Was...

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Nabubwaya Chambers is a Kenyan mom raising her family in Lubbock, Texas. She lives with her husband and their one year old son Lema....

George Ojwang: Remembering my Dear Wife Claris, Two Years On

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Last Saturday, I had the chance to catch up with George Ojwang’ whose wife Claris developed pregnancy related complications when expecting their second son....

Angela Kamanzi of Mkazi Magazine:Surround Yourself With People Who Are Not...

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Female entrepreneurs have plenty to share about their experiences –their challenges, successes and lessons learnt along the way. Angela Uwamahoro Kamanzi, 47, was born...

Raising a Child with Cerebral Palsy in Kenya: Patrick Karubiu’s Story

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I met Patrick Karubiu in one of the Facebook groups that I’m in –one for parents of special needs children. He particularly caught my eye...

Giving Birth in Kenya: Ladies, are You Sure of the Identity...

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I recently received an email from a lady who requested me to share it with my readers, but who preferred to remain anonymous. She...

Motherhood Notes from a Kenyan Mom in the Diaspora: Lema’s First...

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Most parents always look forward to their child’s first birthday. Especially first time moms! The first year of motherhood is filled with so many...

Why Did Mrs X Die?

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Can you imagine we lose more than 6,000 pregnant women each year as a result of complications during pregnancy and childbirth? 50 years after independence,...

Hyperemesis Gravidarum in Kenya: Vicky Gachuche’s Experience with Extreme Nausea and...

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Victoria Gachuche, 35, is a mother of two boys. Her first born is aged 2 years while her youngest son is six months old....