Most days I’m chipper; optimistic, zen, hopeful. But there are days when, after I’ve given Little Huru his milk feed, I can’t get any shut eye after that. I lay awake, calmed only by the sounds of breathing in the house. I’m not down, just thoughtful. It’s dark and quiet, but whereas darkness once frightened...
The first thing that hits you when you enter the ParkInn is the burst of colour. Mustard sofas at the lobby and purple seats at the restaurant brighten up even the dullest of days. It helped that I was in my yellow body con and white Chichi coat courtesy of Vivo Activewear! All of this...
You never quite know what you’ll find when you look up, especially when you’ve buried your head for so long. Isn’t that who we are nowadays? Staring at our phones most of the day, burying our heads in our hands, lamenting, too frightened to face our fears and realities. It’s easy to walk through life...
I’ve chosen to surrender my fears and lie in wait for the next great chapter in my life. All the worry, anxiety and over-thinking caught up with me. Now seems like the best to to take in everything around me; sights, smells, sounds…sigh…the beauty of it all. I’m appreciating what I’ve often ignored. I’m smelling...
Last night I dreamed that I was a woman without worry, laughing out loud, my home and everything in it in was flawless, even my son didn’t make a mess! Not a thing out of place. I had the perfectly balanced life. Strange thing is that when I woke up I didn’t feel any longing for that,...
There’s a lot of noise around; the noise that tells you you are not good enough and that often comes from people who are projecting their own insecurities. The noise that screams and shouts, yelling over your own voice so that you feel like you can’t give an opinion any more. And then there’s the worst kind;...
Having chased after and working hard at my goals for over 10 years, I’m slowing down, recollecting, discovering new passions. I’ve never been here before but my, it’s a moment of reflection unlike any other. I doubt I’ll get to do this again any time soon, so I’m savouring the life lessons I’m coming across, bitter...
Life has presented me roses and thorns. In return, I’ve opened up and closed up, been outspoken, subdued. Petty, professional, changing and adapting to emotions on cue. It’s been a safe space and comfort zone. But the becoming of me means I’m now morphing into a woman who is slowly coming into her own. Alive,...
Being the Brand Ambassador for the Help A Child Reach 5 campaign in Kenya, in association with Lifebuoy, has been an eye-opening experience. A humbling one as well. As a mother, I find it heart-breaking that so many children don’t reach the age of five and incredible that such a simple act, hand washing with soap,...
‘There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in’ (Leonard Cohen) There was a girl who used to look at herself and frown. She didn’t like her face, her body, her voice. She struggled to find the good, and often settled on the bad. She was young, only 10 years old but...
