It’s an hour to midnight.A new year is here.Keep going.Don’t stop.In a world full of expectations,my wish for you is simple,keep going.Keep going as you step into this new year.No pressure.No list.Just breath in your lungsand a heart that still hopes,even in silence.Keep going even when your resolutions fade by February,when the pages meant to… Continue reading Keep Going
Month: December 2025
New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve is here, and I know people are all over the place making plans—if they haven’t already. Like kesho. When the clock strikes midnight, there will be noise. Screams from balconies. Whistles. Fireworks bursting over estates and hotels. Someone’s car alarm will definitely go off for no reason. Nairobi will not sleep. This… Continue reading New Year’s Eve
Coping with Loss
I don’t know how people feel when they lose their partner, but I know the pain of losing someone close. It’s the kind of pain that just sits with you quietly. You can be fine, then suddenly you’re not.I lost my dad when I was six, and I can still tell you everything. From the… Continue reading Coping with Loss
My Christmas Poem
I didn’t want to post this on Christmas Day and sound like I lacked the Christmas cheer. So this Christmas poem came a little late. It’s for those who were going through something. You all know I am big on healing through poetry, and while many of us were celebrating and carrying joy in our… Continue reading My Christmas Poem
I am Okay
Here’s the thing about choices,it’s a quiet kind of freedom.We make choices, sometimes wrong ones,because that’s how the world names them.And then we carry the shame like a lifetime sentence. I refuse to live there.I refuse to let guilt become a room I sleep in. I chose you.I chose to let you inside me,and I… Continue reading I am Okay
It’s My Birthday
Hey! So, today is my birthday. I’ve just turned thirty-something. I had one big wish for this past year: to be a published author. And as I blow out my candles tonight, that dream is still in the “not yet” pile. At first, it felt like a failure. But then I looked at what did happen around… Continue reading It’s My Birthday
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