Bathing Everyday – Seriously?
Another shock was the bathing. Every morning I was reminded there was water for my bath in the water heater. This was before I even ate breakfast. Didn’t…
Babies
My sisters’ baby was so cute, he looked like a doll. There was a table in my sisters’ bedroom full of baby products from Johnson & Johnson. Baby…
Kenya Bus Service (KBS)
As though I was not shocked enough by the things around the house, my sister took me to one of the offices she visited for work. My ride…
Elevator – Where Can I Hold?
I thought the KBS was my only shock for that day, until we reached the building where we were going. After we parked the car outside, looking up,…
Elevator – How Will I Get Down?
I sat at a corner in the reception area as my sister went into the offices. As I waited, I was again plagued with panic. Panic of how…
Sausage Flew Off My Plate
Still on my first week, with shock and awe still swirling in my head, my sister and her husband took me to a restaurant. I was intimidated to…
Same But Different
Slowly but surely, I realized my sister had moved on. She was not one of us anymore, and I was perfectly OK with that as long as she…
Role Models
We all need role models in our lives. Somebody we can look up to. Somebody who is in better circumstances than our current situation. I call them Mirror…
Factual Films Comes To OlKalou
I mentioned I had never seen a movie in my life until I reported to High School. That was not the case with my brothers. There was a…
My Brothers Go To The Movies
The day the Factual Films team rolled into town, my brothers came home from school and quickly did their evening chores, mother did not have to ask twice…