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...
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...
October is a special month for me, for the reason that it is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. I have suffered the loss of two babies through miscarriages. What is unfortunate and what keeps me spreading awareness about pregnancy and infant loss is that to...
My life changed a heap in the last 10 years. When I look back several things stand out. Things that have shaped me and continue to shape me. Things that have shaken the core of who I am and what I believe. Things that have unraveled me and built me. I will share 5.
Today is Tuesday, 15th October 2019 To many people it is just a day. But to me and many other parents around the world, today is not just any other day. Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
Today the 15th of October is PAILRD2018 -Pregnancy And Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
A few months ago we lost an angel in our ‘family’. I say family in quotes because this family is one though we are not related by blood has become more than blood family to me, to us. You know those people you meet and something happens, a connection that you cannot explain that binds...
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, 4 who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God. (2 Corinthians 1:3-4)...
This was the statement that was to change the course of my reproductive health forever. I had met my dear friend and gynecologist of 8 years now a few months before this statement was made. The reason being I was planning to get married and needed reproductive health advice. Like many millennial couples my soon...
Bible Reading RSV 1 Kings 19:1- 18 Sermon Elijah the prophet of God is a man who experienced a dry spell in his ministry right after the highlight of his prophetic calling. The chapter before our reading this morning Elijah is back after 31/2 years of draught he had declared on the land. He...