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My 8 year old just walked in and asked for my phone. Why, I ask? So she can check on tomorrow’s weather forecast to decide what she will wear. Am keeping a straight face but I don’t know if I… Continue Reading →
Driving around Nairobi and Kampala over the last three months has been a study of contrasts for me. Just before the rains started falling at the end of March, both Uganda and Kenya had gone through a prolonged season of… Continue Reading →
I slept in this morning and woke up to find my teenage daughter in a corner of the house, engrossed in reading. She was finishing up Hope Babigumira’s book. Patience Kwizera gave it to her a while back. Once she… Continue Reading →
Many years ago one bright, sunny morning, I was whistling away, high-fiving my workmates and laughing hard at the smallest of jokes. Then in walked this chap, raining on my parade of joy. Now, you can always tell when a… Continue Reading →
“If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.” Those were the words of Jim Whittaker, the boisterous American Mountain Climber. For every mountain climber, there is always that question that will be asked: Why do… Continue Reading →
Two men. Both Chosen. One called once. The other called twice (he had the nerve to go back fishing after the first call). One a Galilean. The other the only non-Galilean chosen. One as impulsive as a 3 year-old in… Continue Reading →
How often we live life like we are on trial. Seeking approval. Yearning for fame. Craving wealth. Sadly for us, in the courtroom of life, we are never enough. We’ll always fall short. Accolades are soon forgotten. Medals fade on… Continue Reading →
One of the most unnerving feelings in the world? Spending an entire evening in darkness when all around your neighborhood the lights are on. Even the street lights! Given this fell to my lot last night I have, since first… Continue Reading →
One of my all time favorite holiday classics (scratch that. One of my favorite movies!) is the theme-laden 1994 blockbuster film “Forrest Gump.” The character, immortalized by Tom Hanks, is an enigma of the simple order. At one point, to… Continue Reading →
Aha. It’s one of those days I get to sign things way past Friday. Poor kid. And she wondered aloud why her big sisters got tickets to Wakanda and she didn’t. “Because you are only 8,” volunteered Tanya. “And mum… Continue Reading →