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What gift surpasses the treasure of a mother? Over the years, my mother has remained a constant, treating me with the same tenderness she did when I was a child. Her daily calls to ensure I’ve [...]

“Ni msichana, aah, wewe bado hujazaa,” the plump 30-something-year-old lady glances down at the baby in my arms. Her name, she says, is Ruth. We’ve just come back from the hospital because the [...]

The single-parent label clings to my childhood like a faded sticker on a half-peeling wall. It’s a term that attempts to define, to categorize, but fails utterly to capture the kaleidoscopic [...]

Dear Sonshine, I love you. You have made the last thirteen years of motherhood awesome and blessed. I thank God each time I think of you. Your father is honorable, diligent, smart and [...]

For a decade I’ve loved you with the ardour of a dying star And everytime I went out to look for a poem it was your name I whispered in unsight Before sleep takes me where dreams are kinder I’ve [...]

I watch as Maria sleeps, snoring gently. I look at her then, kiss her cheek gently. She stirs. I would have gone for the lips, but she sleeps with her mouth slightly open as if in half-surprise; [...]

Whispers of laughter, etched in each groove, Echoes of moments, where passions did move. Sunrise to sunset, a record of years, Etching the joy, the heartache, the tears. Curved like a river, [...]

I’m fresh from watching a video where, in an unfortunate sequence of events, a lady jumped off a roof. A rather morbid way to start a story, I know, but who am I if not your cultured purveyor of [...]

Sad generation, we are called. Smiling brightly, Yet dying inside. Hidden scars and bottled emotions Tell a tale of life’s rough motions. We jubilantly traverse corridors. Tears roll as we bolt [...]

Nashipae sat at Dr. Kiambo’s clinic, lost in thought. She was horrified by what was about to happen. The last jab was painful, the capsules nauseating. She looked across from her seat to where [...]