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My holidays season plan is to slow down, rest, and just be.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked….it has no choice

December 19, 2024

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How our African identities are coded in names

My father had a dream one day where his grandmother; my great grandmother Adah Ochumbo nya manyala told him my mother was carrying his gift.

December 12, 2024

3 Little Birds·Health & Lifestyle

World AIDS Day 2024; You can do something about HIV and AIDS

We have made great progress in the response. Advancement in science has expanded HIV treatment and prevention options, keeping many of us alive. I am part of the over 30 million people living with HIV priviledged to access life saving treatment that

December 5, 2024

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What I know about living, where everyday is a blessing

No one wants to be told that they have approximately 10 years to live when they are just in their first job, or just beginning to figure out what life after school is going to be.

November 28, 2024

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Success is being brave enough to court failure

We do not prepare enough to fail and often we beat ourselves up for it when it happens. For many of us this stops us from even attempting to move forward because, well- Failure is hard.

November 21, 2024

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Chameleon no more!

I learned that I walked through life like a ‘gift pack’. It is when you always feel the need to show up in any connection or relationship you form with something as compensation for who you are.

October 24, 2024

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Black girl Magic

As we made plans for the next five years of our lives, it was clear to us how different they must look. All of us are closer to our 50’s than to our 20’s. The stakes are different. We planned more carefully

October 17, 2024

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Why forty slurps different

In my perfect world, I was to have been married to a tall, dark, and handsome man. Living in Lavington with two kids who would be in school at Braeburn and taking a holiday out of the country once a year.

October 10, 2024