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 February, is that you?? ☺☺☺☺☺☺  Karibu sana to Month Number two - the Month of Love - in the year of our Lord 2021.  May the Lord do you good this month.  May you find favor in all that you do.  Happy New Month. 

Happy New Year ☺☺☺☺☺ It's not too late to wish you an awesome 2021 is it? I have just gotten back to my "Rat Race" so my year is officially starting today - 2 weeks later.  How are you doing?  How has your year gotten off?  Made any resolutions yet? If you've been around these streets of mine long enough, you most definitely know that this gal is not into resolutions. I have instead mastered the art of breaking down my plans into small achievable goals that I can work on daily, weekly & monthly. A couple of years ago, I got on to the  Vision Boarding  bandwagon. Honestly speaking though, I'm yet to achieve half of the things that I put together in my 1st Vision Board. I have learnt to press on regardless. Every morning as I wake up and say my prayers, I steal a glance at the Vision Board and confess that whatever is on it will come to pass. As the first thing I look at in the morning as I get out of bed, the Vision Board gives me just the right dose of motiv...

 Happy New Month ☺☺☺☺. Is October yoh!!! 85 days to Christmas - Yes I have officially started counting down to Christmas. I'm excited to see how the festivities will turn out this year more so due to the disruptions caused by Covid 19. Nevertheless, Christ still remains the reason for the season regardless of whether we will be able to gather with our families for the usual feasts & merry making.  As we count down to winding down 2020, a couple of random things on my mind that I'd love to share. 

Happy New Year & Happy New Decade. I'm excited!!!! It's such a joy to witness the end of one decade and the beginning of another. The excitement is also mostly fueled by the fact that I'm very conscious of what that means. Honestly speaking, when we were transiting from the 2000's to the 2010's, I was such a happy go lucky girl who did not pay much attention to what that meant. Looking back, I believe that things would've been totally different had I been intentional about that transition, but oh well! We live and we learn. That's why I refuse to be casual about the 2010's to 2020's transition. I invite you to also be very intentional especially this first month of the year as it basically sets pace for not only the rest of the year but the rest of the decade. One of the things I'm being very intentional about is speaking life into my Year/Decade. Proverbs 18:21 "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love ...

I love listening to podcasts for my morning inspiration. Good thing with podcasts is you can listen to them on the go and they get you started on the right footing for your day. For a long time I've been toying with the idea of getting into the podcasting space but I've been afraid of how it's going to turn out but this year I've decided "Que Sera Sera". I can't be the one advising people to conquer their fears and go after their dreams yet I'm too afraid to pursue my own. I pray that whatever content I will churn out this year will inspire, encourage and challenge you to be the best version of yourself you can be. I pray that it will also do the same for me and help me break the barriers that I've for so long put up in my mind. Sound Cloud   & Anchor Here's to pursuing our dreams fearlessly & intentionally.

Do you ever wonder what next after life is done? When this fleeting breath leaves your body and your lifeless body is reunited with the very dust it came from, do you wonder how it will be? Will the spongy box they put you in be comfortable? What if you are claustrophobic like I am? Will the space in your new abode in the ground be enough? Will you feel the weight of the soil once it's thrown down to cover your new residence? How will you cope in the darkness 6 feet under? Will you be ready? Will you have accomplished your goals? Will you have fulfilled your dreams? Does it scare you? What will you miss? Will you have any regrets? When you see the grim reaper approaching with the "End" to your book of life, will you scream and kick for another chance or will you confidently let him ink it on that last chapter? Yeah, I know it's spooky and even taboo to talk about death while you are still living but lately I have been thinking of the life beyond. Don't get me...

I have had this "To O.D.A or Not" conversation quietly chilling in my drafts for the longest time - I think close to a year & a half. Kinda always felt like it was not the right time to publish it but as I was sifting through and clearing out my list of drafts posts, I figured its time to finally put it up.  Let's talk Online Display of Affection. I'm sure you have seen the below meme that has been doing the rounds on Social Media, in case you haven't you are now in the know. Do you agree with it? Also, have listen to the discussion by the wonderful ladies on The Real Daytime show then I can give you my view on whether to O.D.A or not :-). 

Over the last two months or so I have been stressing over a situation I got myself into. Yes, it didn't JUST happen as I would want to convince myself. Btw, I have really tried encouraging myself that it was not in my control to determine the outcome but guess what; that's a lie from the devil!!!! Hehehe. It was a result of a series of poor choices I made - with my head high up in the clouds of course lol. You have no idea how much I wished to have a Time-Travel Machine so I could go back in time and make different choices or have Super powers to completely erase what happened. That aside, I've been really hard on myself struggling to wrap my head around the fact that an intelligent, straight thinking Karsh can make such a costly dumb blunder. Spending each waking moment replaying in my mind how 'ish' hit the fan & trying to rationalize my choice of words/actions & wondering who the fish was that??? That birthed a never ending cycle of self pity, self beat ...

The International Women's Day celebrated on 8th March commemorates the struggle for Women's rights. The United Nations began celebrating International Women's Day in the International Women's Year 1975 and in 1977, the United Nations General Assembly invited member states to proclaim March 8th as the UN Day for Women's Rights and World Peace.  Women the world over have made major strides in fighting for the recognition of Women's rights and they have done such a commendable job. Some of the privileges that women are enjoying right now can be attributed to a few individuals who decided to stand and fight for what they believed in. This post however ain't about to go into the statistics & specifics of the struggle for Women's Rights but rather a celebration of every single woman who continues to defy odds and strive to be the best they can be. Let me just say this for the record, it amazes me when I think of some of the situations/challenges wom...

Happy New Year. 2017 here we are. I am super grateful to God for the blessing of a New Year. It is my sincere prayer that we all had a great holiday. In case for one reason or the other yours was not what you expected it to be, it is well..may the peace and the joy of the Lord be your portion as we start off another beautiful year. For some reason, I ushered in 2017 in a very relaxed - bila pressure mode. I'm still trying to figure out why I had a mental block - try as may, I couldn't make plans for the year ahead {weird right!}. What I found myself doing instead was reflecting on how gracious God had been in 2016. My heart was bursting with so much gratitude thinking of how an Awesome God who has a 2-4-7 job of holding the universe together & taking care of billions of requests across the world found time to shower His love on little me and hold my hand through tough situations. This song was on replay in my heart as we ushered in 2017. Grateful, so grateful fo...

Christmas is finally here with us. Wishing us all a Merry Christmas and a Blessed 2017. May we find joy and happiness during this festive season and may the love of the Lord warm our hearts.

November is here with us. Happy New Month :-). Exactly 60 days before we say kwaheri to 2016. Time has gone by so fast, it was just the other day I was toasting to a New Year and now I am almost bidding it kwaheri. *Feeling Nostalgic*. As we count down to 2017, I can't help but think of how 2016 has been a cocktail - mountain & valley experiences in equal measure but Jehovah has been faithful. Can't help but sing along to Lynda Randle's God on the Mountain.

Sauti Sol bagged the Best Group award at the MTV Africa Music Awards and are clearly a force to reckon with and with the way they are doing their stuff so professionally, you can be sure the sky ain't the limit for them. Epic milestone. They are clearly emerging as my favorite in this year's Coke Studio. This jam with the Red Fourth Chorus from Upperhill is for goosebumps. *Sings Along*  Wewe ndio nategemea, kufa kupona Baba nakutegemea,  Chochote kitanikatsia kuinigia mbinguni utaniondolea 

Coke Studio 2016  kicked off this past weekend and I must say I'm loving it already. Last year, Juliana and Flavor were definitely my favorite & I was thrilled that their mash ups made it to the compilation Album. I'm yet to experience some hair raising mash ups but Sauti Sol are the artists to watch going by their turn up. Keep it here for more #CokeStudioManenos.

Boy meets girl, boy likes girl & drops smooth lines. After what  seems like an eternity & lots of hard work, girl decides to give boy a chance and soon they are inseparable. Numerous coffee/lunch/dinner dates later & evening walks in the park, boy is convinced that he has finally found his Proverbs 31 lady love and makes elaborate plans to put a ring on it before someone else beats him to the finger. Boy plans a romantic getaway, summons all the courage he has, goes on his knee, utters some sweet words and pops the question :-). Smitten and completely taken by surprise, girl says yes amidst sobs.  Girl is over the moon and can't wait to share the great news with family and friends. Over the next few weeks, congratulatory messages flood in with everyone wishing the newly engaged couple an awesome journey ahead. Once the excitement cools off, the couple realize they need to get down to business - make solid plans for their big day. Where to start? I w...

I looooove weddings!!!!!!!!! #Yaaaaaaaaaaas :-).  If  I was bold, I would be a #ProfessionalWeddingCrasher LOL. We all know aside from the great food, delicious cake & endless dancing, ain't no paycheck gonna come through from this "profession" so I figured why not make profitable use of this unquenchable love for weddings. As a side hustle, I jumped onto the Happy Moments bandwagon {Check it out and send some biashara our way :P}. It's been amazing so far walking couples through the planning journey. Seeing them finally at the altar exchanging vows, gives me grand satisfaction. Seeing as the wedding season has checked in and will be around till January, I feel it would only be right if I do a couple of posts on weddings, the do's, dont's and basically share some random nuggets. My first post on this comes up next week. Keep it here to find out what I will be talking about. In the meantime, let me leave this jam here to get you into the wedding p...

I woke up very grateful to God for the friends in my life and felt compelled to blog just a little reminder this beautiful morning - when along life's journey you chance upon the gift of friendship, do all you can to cherish it. How true the words of Hubert Humphrey are - "The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it". For those of us blessed to have sisters, you know how exciting and annoying they can be right :-). You play together, pray together and generally get on each other's nerves but at the end of the day you have a bond that is stronger than all the fights & nasty arguments you may have. You are assured of their support and you can rest easy cause you know come rain, come shine they have your back. For those of us who were blessed with only brothers or are an only child, we get to form bonds with girl-friends and before we know it they become a huge & important part of our lives - more like sisters. Girlfriends are the sisters ...

  So here we are :-). September Baby. *Does A King Julian Jig* {In case you wanna join in and have no idea how it goes, indulge below :P}. As you get your groove on though, please remember we only have 3 more months to wrap up 2016 and so you best be on top of your game on whatever resolutions you made when the clock hit 0001Hrs 1st January 2016. Just in case you are like me & do not believe in making resolutions but having tiny doable goals, check if you have been able to achieve whatever you set out to achieve. If you haven't, get cracking 3 months is a damn long time to get stuff done a'ight! For some reason, Kirk Franklin's September is playing in my head so here goes. #ImOuttaHere :-). 

"I can't wait to grow up" - always found myself screaming that statement anytime I felt I got unfair treatment from the adults. For some weird reason I always looked forward to growing up - didn't we all?? I was jealous of how the grown ups looked so put together, were enjoying life, calling all the shots & making all the rules :D. I wish someone had knocked some sense into my tiny head that being grown up is much tougher than the perceived 'glamor'. The only part of being grown up that I totally appreciate is the wisdom that came along - I have learnt to enjoy & maximize every season that comes along. Just as we have four different weather seasons, so do our lives have different seasons - most of the time they are as random as can be and may be more than four. I love the way Ecclesiastes 3:1 breaks the whole idea of seasons down - " There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose unde...

Ever experienced a downtime? Well, that's the place I am currently at. It's a bitter sweet kinda feeling - I've got a long to-do-list & lots of pending work but unfortunately I just don't have the energy. My brain has revolted and decided to give itself a much needed break *Sigh*. A while back there was an ad running in the local TV stations, I can't remember what exactly they were advertising but a certain phrase stuck "the cow has refused"...that is where my brain is- it has completely refused LOL. #WhatToDo. I have slacked off on writing, can't believe I've clocked a month without posting #Shame!! So for now as I look for ways to jump start my system, how about we join Kermit in sipping our Green Tea and sing along to VeggieTales.