Tag: Family
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A Time to Part
Do you ever feel like you could have given more? Do you ever feel like you didn’t give your very best? That’s how I am feeling right now. Four of the little army of our holiday makers have gone back to their home. The other three are leaving tonight. I feel a bit numb. It’s…
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DO NOT DISTURB
“Aaah aah, Muleke Winnie! Winnie alikuwandika katabo.” Which is Lusoga for, “Leave Winnie alone! Winnie is writing a book.” That’s my dad’s tough voice this morning severally reminding the gang of little holiday makers to stay out of my room. I would have locked my door to spare him repeating the same statement over and…
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Because it’s Holiday Time
Goshen: Auntie Winnie, you slaughter chicken and we eat. Auntie Winnie: (first laughs) Gosh, we only eat big chicken. Goshen: Auntie Winnie, you slaughter the dead chicken and we eat. Auntie Winnie: (thinks to herself, “As if I can slaughter a hen!) Gosh, we don’t eat dead chicken. Goshen: Auntie Winnie, you come and see.…
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A Family Separated
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of lifeProverbs 4:23 NKJV From the very start, I knew the fate of Meow’s baby meows. Long before before they were born, it was decided that they were to be given away and Meow was to stay. Thus I purposed to guard…
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Something I Miss
I miss how our entire family used to gather around the television to watch songs in languages we didn’t understand. Our dad’s music became our music for he was the DJ. Ever returning home with video tapes of his favorite songs. We watched alot of Lingala music, Oliver N’goma, Brenda Fassie, Yvonne Chaka Chaka and…
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Dreaming with Reckless Abandon
$1,000,000 to my name calls for spending with reckless abandon, without a care. I mean I am a millionaire in US dollars! It’s time to whisk off my family and the girls to Paris for a two weeks vacation! We have a first class flying experience and check- in at Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg then…
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Joyful Noise
You see four faces making a joyful noise, clad in their Sunday Best with confidence and energy oozing out of them, I see so much more. I see those four as a small fraction of an entire community. A community of believers who have seen it all. Death. Fighting for power regarding who would fit…