Most of us have had our nice comfortable lives severely disrupted in the past couple months. Many retreat to the good ole’ days in their minds, just riding this current world-wide crisis out, waiting to return to ‘normal’ life, to Read more…
Eyes wide with apprehension, she extends the tray of eggs gingerly towards me when I open the door, sliding them imperceptibly closer, while keeping her body as far as possible. I grasp the tray by the edge closest to me, Read more…
We were enjoying being first time parents. At last we were all together at home – Daddy, Mommy, and little son. Joshua was thriving after his 2nd heart surgery and was the happiest, most contented baby I could ever ask Read more…
We got the call early in the morning, as I was groggily trying to start my day. When I heard it was the hospital, my heart sank, terrified of the news they might be giving me. But I needn’t have Read more…
We were in the hallway of Children’s Mercy Hospital, on our way to see Joshua in ICU, where he had come out of surgery. We ran into his pediatric cardiology surgeon, still wearing his scrubs. To our anxious inquiries, his Read more…
I’m late posting my blog entry because life events have overtaken me. Life’s like that sometimes. I’m taking a one-time break from my recounting of our early life and work in Kenya to write about something fresh and recent. It Read more…
It is not easy having a loved one in the hospital over the holidays. Everyone all around you in people’s homes, in the stores and malls, at church, are all in a festive mood and you feel so isolated, alone Read more…
It was like some sort of premonition. Do mothers have this primal instinct which can detect when something is just not quite right with their babies? I have often wondered about this, especially when reflecting back on the earliest days Read more…
Being new to bringing little people into the world, Chip and I thought it prudent to go early to the general vicinity of Kijabe Medical Centre, where we planned for our first child to be born. Having no past history Read more…
Language…such a fascinating topic, at least to me. Language can often reveal considerable information about a culture – at least what it values. For instance, there are several words for rice in Swahili – mchele, wali, and mpunga, depending on Read more…