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Jan 7, 20197 min read

My Life Is Not a Tragedy

The sun flowing through the crack of the window was not able to warm up the icy cold that was invading me at every thought of my future...

Dec 7, 20187 min read

Up in Flames

For as long as I can remember, all I desired was a simple life for my family, alone in the wilderness. This wasn’t without struggle...

Dec 6, 20187 min read

In My Mind’s Sight

Growing up, my parents encouraged me to pursue all the dreams I could think of. I remember my dad’s words that have always stayed...

Dec 5, 20185 min read

In Our Memories

I always looked up to him, though I must admit I played the part of an annoying little sister perfectly. He teased me mercilessly—not...

Nov 21, 20186 min read

A Dream in Sight

And while both were “uneducated” (in the sense that my father dropped out after 8th grade, and my mother had never been to school a day...

Oct 24, 20187 min read

I Will Carry You Through the Darkness

The car was gone, and all our things were destroyed. I stood in front of our rented house and panicked wondering what to do. We didn’t...

Jun 18, 20187 min read

In the Darkest Hour

My early life was not easy because my father was an alcoholic. He would spend more than half of his salary at the local bar drinking...

Mar 8, 20187 min read

Life Served Me a Lemon

Growing up in the dusty countryside of Kenya was fun and typical for girls of my age in the early 1990s. Life was blissful. Sometimes I...