Meditation has meant quite a few things for me and subsequently my family. There isn’t a best reason for me to practice it, instead, there are many reasons why meditation is always the thing I need (when I do take the time to meditate). This is my experience in the last session led by a…
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The 2016 Food Post: The Tanzania Experience PART II: Arusha
Part I of this list was all about Dar es Salaam. We ate more foods than I mentioned, but hey, you may just have to go try all of them yourself. If you’d like to go, let me know! AICC Nyama Choma I am not sure what this place is called, but I know…
The 2016 Food Post: The Tanzania Experience PART I: Dar es Salaam
You may have already read the I Love Food posts, but what is life if not eating, talking while eating (chew with your mouth closed, though, please 🙂 ), and talking about food? There is nothing quite like the discovery of a new food or spice, or like the rediscovery of the same thing. Some…
Reunited in Tanzania
This past June, I packed my husband and two younger kids and shipped us all off to Tanzania. I’m joking. They actually had a choice to come. Well, my husband did (smile). Tanzania is my birth country and although I have lived elsewhere, I still call it my home. The last time I was there was…
Where is the Queen?
Where is the Queen? Does anyone know? Most importantly… do you know? You, you the queen. Do you know where you are? Do you know who you are? The princess looks up at you as she sees you resplendent; in a light you’ve forgotten. You’ve wandered down a darkness that is starting to shroud…aloud… On…
Living the Dream
Maybe our true dream is a part of a collective dream, which if we all work on remembering, then we’d all have our dream come true.
Female Genital Mutilation
Did you know that female genital mutilation (FGM) is reported to have been practiced in the US as recently as 2010? The United States of America is many things, good and bad, but I held the belief that the majority of the people who want to live in the US of A, are people who…
A Photo for You = Education for a Girl
It’s spring time! It’s time for new things, reassessment of new year’s resolutions, some thorough cleaning, and pollen everywhere! When it comes to wanting something new and cleaning ‘house’ thoroughly, I believe we can do so in various ways. Surely keeping my living space clean is good and necessary for my overall wellbeing, but I…
Girls Empowerment. A Post by Sally Qazi
Girls Empowerment. An extremely important guest post by Bibi Sally, also known as Saleha Qazi: An educator at heart, and a lover of humanity.
Ma’Hood: A Mother’s Story of Maternal Care
For the next two weeks a little organization named CleanBirth.org is making a huge difference in the lives of many people. In fact, it isn’t only now that it’s doing so. CleanBirth.org raises funds throughout the year to ensure that many pregnant women in Laos can have safe births through the use of clean-birth kits and properly…
I Love the Whole Pound of You
The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is one of those places that are completely surreal to me. My son had to be in ICU for six days, and it was the first time I had been in this angel-filled part of a hospital. I saw signs showing how long a little…tiny little baby had been in…
The Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award
This Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award is truly a beautiful concept. How often do we think of reading more blogs, finding out what other women are writing about, but get distracted by babies, or work, or needing some no-thinking time? I was nominated to participate in this blog by Tara Wambugu of Mama Mgeni (thank you,…
Think Say Be 