EkiraboKyampaire

My dear little sister, I write to you, with my heart full of pride, from across the seas in the week of your victory in this 'war of the undergraduate' that has been 'raging' in your life since 2007. You have made it! God is Ebenezer in this moment... I am amazed at the woman you have grown into, far from home, buffeted on every side by life's challenges...you have become strong, wise, astute, tender, intelligent, honest, God fearing, respectful of people, tolerant, beautiful...and I couldn't be more thankful to God. After Sunday, you are a graduate...that title/ accolade may mean many things to many people....I hope that to you, it will mean that you are beginning a journey of more open-mindedness, of more vulnerability, of more willingness to grow, of greater readiness to take every opportunity by its horns... I hope and pray for these things for you because this far that the Lord has brought me, I have learnt that life is for the living and it is of...

I mentioned this in my note earlier, think I should upload this...for memorial's sake... A Eulogy for John (21st November 2008) Good morning friends, Today, we gather to pay our last respects to our comrade John Jook Akuach To see such a huge congregation is a comfort and encouragement. I thank you all for making time to come. For me, it has been five days of sadness, questions and even anger… Anger, because of the awareness that the continent of Africa, even the world…has been cheated of a fine young man. A man; with dreams, potential, prospects…and the kind of determination and commitment that would have enabled him to achieve every dream and meet every target. Nevertheless; I find solace in the belief that it is not the length of the life that matters but the depth…and those who knew John, I believe, can testify that he indeed lived his life deeply. I will be the first to admit that writing a eulogy for John was not easy…because, how do you do justice to the characte...

 Aluta Continua! Viva Uganda!!!! (Loosely translated as, tujya kumalako!!!) Sometimes, I want to be an American, in the land of the free, then I could own a gun and it would be perfectly alright…. Other times, I want to be an Indian, then I could cook superbly and having been born frugal, save shilling by shilling and one day be a millionaire… Then, I want to be a Kenyan so I could be aggressive and loud and my nationality would be enough to explain it away On random days I want to be a Saudi Arabian, then, despite having to deal with sharing my husband with three other women, I would bask in oil riches untold There are days I wish I was Swiss and all that rich chocolate they’re famous for was available to me cheaply at the little corner store near my home… Then, when the boda boda guy almost kills me riding like a mad man and making me ‘eat dust’, I wish I was German and a nice air conditioned car was accessible to me at a pittance compared to what I have to pay for one i...

1. Is my position in the 'sibling tree' at home:-) 2. Is the number of times I think through every decision I make. 3. Is the day on which I was born in September many years ago:-) 4. 4 is the number of siblings I have.laura, liza, rodney, jeremiah. 5. My intuition is 98% of the time, right on the mark! 6. I LOOOOVVVEEE MUSIC...every song I know brings back to me SPECIFIC memories, sad or joyful. 7. I love people, I think every single human being is IMPORTANT...even the ones I don't like or agree with. 8. I think dance is one of the deepest expressions of feeling, would love to marry a man with whom I can dance!... 9. 2009 is the year of LYNN!!! :-)...c.f. the Chinese calendar:-) 10. If I can laugh with you, I can trust you... 11. I still pee on my bed when am SUPER stressed...this last happened 6 months ago! 12. I miss my Mary Stuart room D16...alot of my growth happened in that room:-) 13. I think a kiss is more intimate than sex. 14. My friend Emmanuel and I still sing s...