October is many things for different people. For me, it is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. It is the Month where we who have suffered the pain of losing a child in pregnancy or infancy raise our voices to bring awareness to the prevalence of this grief as well as and maybe most importantly...
Hello, My name is Wanjiku and I am a Mother of five. Every time, I introduce myself this way, people gasp. They often repeat, “Five, Five children!” And I answer, “Yes, five children. Two are with the Ancestors and Three are with me” Then almost always, immediately their face drop, confusion crops up and an...
I have a 6 year old son. My only living son Thayu is 6 today. His name means peace and life. Every time I look at this child, I never cease to be in wonder. He should not be here but he is. When he arrived he had one foot on the blue planet and...
Dear God, regarding these precious ones, these that are yours and mine at the same time, it is for these precious ones i pray today. I ask that you not allow them to spend the rest of their lives: healing from, navigating around, dealing with, recovering from, their childhood. i am pleading with you, i...
One year ago, me and mine lives took a turn It was a huge turn It was an unexpected turn In the days that followed my physical body bore the blunt of it My body was disintegrating before my eyes When my body dragged itself up My mind took over the spiraling
I have been learning how to breath. I can hear some chuckling, that was me a few months ago as well. “But I have been breathing since I was born,” I said when I heard about breathing classes. Air. The very breath that we breath. Yet, not so many of us ever stop to consciously...
I grew up in a Christian, Bible believing home. One of them beliefs that were strongly held were that disciplining a child must be done using a rod. So I got some serious beatings in my childhood. Some were more scarring than others, but they all scarred me. I have a scar that runs down...
A Prayer Great Ear, Great Eye, Greatest Embrace, Great Love, Great Circle, Creator of all, Sustainer of Life, Keeper of us, Lover of all you made, I come to you as a mother, I am pleading for myself and other mothers, The wailing mothers, The weeping mothers, The weary mothers, The abandoned mothers, The forgotten...
The events of this particular morning, 11 years ago today, are still painful to conjure. I remember the entire morning and early afternoon in my head as if it happened a couple of hours ago. I had begun the practice of recording all my daily expenses to track my spending. So the night before, I...
Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people, but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” And he laid his hands on them and went away. (Matthew 19:13-15) Jesus loves the...