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 Happy International Women's Day. As the whole world celebrates women, I would like to celebrate the women in my life. This day is very personal to me - personal because I have a wife, a mother, sisters, friends and daughters (this is personal at an extreme level, don't make me start on it), my double Ts.  Whether we agree or not, whether we like it or not, our lives revolve around women. I mean, we were born, right? For some of us, it's so much more. I grew up with and around my mother and sisters. Almost everything I learned and have become has so much to do with them. Mostly my mother - can I tell you a little sad story? I assume that's a yes...I can force issues too 🙄🙄. Last week, my good friend lost his mother and as I was there with him laying her to rest, I felt a strong hatred for the day I will lose my mother. In my mind, I started to think how it will feel and my body just shut my mind down - because I don't want to imagine it. That's how much that w...

  They say that a journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. We took the first step at the beginning of November 2020. Don't ask why only 7 miles. Just let me tell you. I love number 7, it signifies completion and our establishment phase is complete. The journey has been real. Hardwork, grit, pressure, lows, highs, good and bad times. All of it speak of the journey. We started with two team members. We have grown to seven team members. We started without an office and now we have an amazing space where the team sits and we are still able to offer nine workstations for people who need space to work from. Our first sale was Kes. 2,500 and now our sales are so much more in a month. We didn't have any structures at the beginning. Now we have well formed structures. We only did websites and now we have an array of services and even more exciting we have three working software solutions: A property advertising and management system, an Event planning and items hiring system w...

  Our very first Date I have known this woman for the past 7 years, I have dated her for the past two years and I have been married to her for the past one year, four months and thirteen day, ( don't be fooled, I sort the help of a calculator and minutes of thinking) If you would like to meet an incredible woman, you should absolutely meet her. If you want to meet a smart and beautiful woman, you need to meet my wife. If you want to meet a flawed woman, damn right, you should look for her. If you want to meet a loyal and loving woman, my Eve should be your next meet. Every additional year she gets becomes first a gracious gift to me then to her. Don't get me wrong, it's just that she takes care of me more than she takes care of herself. This is her second birthday we are celebrating in Kilifi. The first was just a week after we had moved here from Nairobi. We just had a small "Fayaz" cake (I didn't even put a sad face, it was a terrible cake) with our very ...

 I know there are  so many stories out there, stories about success, about love, about escape, about everything you can imagine. But this is my story. The story of village boy who became so much and is still becoming. I am turning 27 today and I can't even understand how fast I got here. Then I looked at my graduation photo hanged in our house and it all came rushing and I couldn't hold the tears. If it were not for God, let Andrew say. If it were not for God! I was born in a small village called Kizingo in Dida, Ganze sub-county. Being born fourth but the first son is great but not so great! I grew up mostly with my three sisters and mum - you know this story already if you read my blog. I don't wanna talk about that today. Growing up, there was no exposure whatsoever. The furthest I went was my father's place in Bombolulu - Mombasa. Nothing much there apart from playing in that house with kina Tatu and Mariam and sometimes go to the highway to watch vehicles pass and ...

Hi there. My name is Andrew Sikudhani, I run a small business in Kilifi and I have an interesting story that I would love to share. And because the internet doesn't forget ( unless forced to😀) I would like to remember this a few years to come. Let me first tell you about my business( I have to, I mean...🤷‍♂️) Okay, just follow me. So, if you have realized, I know you have...on my LinkedIn profile, I am the managing director of Merime Solutions. Now, I am not diverting. What do we do? First, our heart is to micro and small enterprises. We would love to see them have simple but crucial solutions that they need in order to thrive. So, we provide basic solutions like Website design, redesign and development, Website maintenance, Domain name registration, Web hosting, Email creation and configuration Development of systems, Selling of third party systems (POS, hotel management) Software installation and configuration Business Training Accounting services Payroll services  and We...

  Hello! Hello! It's been quite a while. I had to take a break after my wedding. I am back now and you will get reads often enough.  Now, today's read was a request by a close friend who's very passionate about men's vulnerability. She is working on something to tell men that it is okay to be vulnerable. She wanted me to share my experience, story and insight. I hope this helps a man somewhere. Let's get into it. If God created man from the soil and He did, He must have created the African man from the best of hard clay. He created him “strong and tough enough.” The unfortunate part about this kind of clay is, as it hardens, it cracks. The more it hardens, the bigger the cracks become. The best version of this kind of clay is when it is watered. It even becomes sticky – holds closer and tighter. Oh, how foreign this is for us men. Let us talk about men and vulnerability. Seriously, I am already feeling vulnerable putting men and vulnerability in the same sentence...

 I have been thinking about the last post on trust; that there are a few things I could add that make it complete. Things like, so when I am hurt, disappointed, frustrated or betrayed what can I do to heal. As usual, I am not writing to give you answers but provoke you to think about it and if you find some here, great. To begin with, if you examine the title of this post; you will wonder how scars and wounds are on the same line with the goodness of God. A lot of people struggle with understanding how God can be good and loving yet there is so much evil in the world. That will not be my focus, but I will definitely touch on that. I love sharing my experiences and I wanna share about one I had this morning. After doing my devotion today, I wanted to pray and as usual, I put on some good song to just make sure my mind is aligned to that mood of prayer. On my playlist, I came across Nichole Nordeman’s song “You are good” and listening to it, somehow something shifted in me. I stopp...