Masterpiece
I write this with a smile on my beautiful face, knowing that I am who I say I am. The last few years have been a rollercoaster of so many…
Celebrating my People: F M
My first instinct when I am in pain is to wait it out. Which I did, and it didn't go away. So I called my best friend, who also happens…
Rebranding The Impossible While
Friendships mean the world to me. Because I grew up watching my parents create meaningful connections with people.My mother actually has friends from all walks of life and continues to…
Baba Chir
My dad bought a flask last year. A beautiful piece of utensil, and when I was leaving home, I carried it with me. This man has always given us everything…
Start of an Era
I write about literally everything; last year I wrote more about the struggles I was going through. The learning to let go of the pain, my healing process, and the…
What’s Love got to do with it?
Tina Turner sang about love, asking the difficult questions. "Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?" If you listen closely, you can hear how hard it is…
What is Love?
Love is a strong word—the kind of word that many have given up so much in an attempt to describe. I have decided that love means different things for everyone,…
To Dream Again
Every day that goes by and you give up something, it strips you of an identity. Ideally, you don’t even give them up; you adjust in order to be comfortable…
This I Prayed For
This is my favorite phrase lately. I realize with a lot of humility that the things I have now are answered prayers. I have a rock-solid support system, and I…
State of The Mind
Suicide is a way out, a backup plan for when it doesn't work out. I know that's scary to say out loud, but I have been thinking about it a…
Professional Realities
Take down the tools of trade and watch them burn. Medicine is a calling for most, a passion so fierce that it gets you through the challenging education that comes…
The Wild forest: Chirywrites
Dear Ex I never thought that I would write about you or that I would ever think about you. But I held our child and wiped her tears as she…
Is Life Worth it?
Everybody is chasing something. Depending on what your needs are, you will always be chasing something. Owe unto you if your joy comes with chasing because you will never settle.…
Love as a state of the mind
I grew up knowing that love is a beautiful thing, a dream, as evidenced by the storybook The End Game. I have been thinking about that thought process and how…
Diary of a Clinician
I have not written in a while. It turns out that when you are on medication, it's hard to express what you feel. Bacterial infection is a beast. As a…
Gifts of Adulting: Chirywrites
Little things make me happy, little things also annoy me.If there's one person who knows that it's you.You don't get it,so you get surprised every time you see a version…
J for Joy: Chirywrites
I have a girlfriend who is a beautiful human being.She walked into my life when I didn't know there was gap in it.There is a lot I could say about…
The Wild forest: Chirywrites
One day, I will write about the tribulations of being an opinionated woman in this country. You speak your mind; you are told you are bossy; you don't speak your…
Tales of a Clinician:Chirywrites
I got a client yesterday; she comes with a baby girl about 6–7 years old. She was on a call, so I talked to a little girl for a bit.…
Nairobi Chronicles:Chirywrites
10:40 pm the other day,I am going home.I sit in a matatu next to an elderly woman.Naskia mnawaita vintage baddies.Well I sit for a minute then I get a text…
Magic:Chirywrites
I love this picture. Such a bold way to start a story, yet I have learned that the best is always the first thing you say. When you wait, bureaucracy…
Daddy`s girl:Chirywrites
One of my fondest memories of my childhood is when I was trying to learn President Kibaki’s many names. I was in class four at an academy, and my dad…
My Mother: Chirywrites
I have the highest respect for my mother; that woman is a mama bear. Especially now that I am one, I truly respect what she has done to raise us.…
Define Happy
Mystery person that makes my heart beat, my soul glow and the smile on my face will tell you that I have hidden reasons. So much is said about life…
Dear Chiry
Dear Self,It's been a rollercoaster. We have gone through so much that nothing scares us any more. We have much that goes wrong. We have been to the wild forest…
Parenting Chronicles
My daughter spent the weekend with her aunties and she has been very very expressive about how much fun she had. At some point I said I am jealous and…
Diary of My Today : Chirywrites
Monday morning: I take a matatu along Thika Road heading to town.I have my earphones listening to a podcast and finishing up something I was responding to. Many minutes have…
The Chase as a Gender Thing: Chirywrites
It is the chase—the reward of feeling like you can achieve something. Doing everything possible to get it, and when you finally do, the rush is gone. Dopamine is the…
Recap 2023 : Chirywrites
It's amazing how this year's pictures look. How beautiful our backgrounds were when we smiled for pictures! The smiles that hid so much were going on then. If pictures really…
Its a Gender Thing: Chirywrites
That scripture says (Proverbs 21:9) that it is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house. Well, today I finally…
Matatu Chronicles : Chirywrites
I am in a matatu, which has slowed down because of traffic. This gentleman is eating his lunch at a joint besides the road, and then he remembers he had…
Gender Based Violence: Chirywrites
9/1/23 Apparently, it is very wrong for you to go to an Airbnb with another adult because they might kill you. Imagine we can't even use the appropriate word because.…
Gender Based Violence: Chirywrites
We don't do enough for the living while they are alive which explains the exorbitant amounts of money we contribute to funerals. Mostly it is about guilt, about the things…
Chirywrites : ADULTING
Adulting is a game of winning. Most of us are in it to prove to anyone who cares that we have it under control. So we wake up each day…
Chirywrites: THE ECONOMY
We live in interesting times. The end times, I might add. Me and my friend went to the market today. Grocery shopping has always been therapeutic today.I keep thinking it’s…
Chirywrites: YOUR MOMENT
Sometimes it’s the fear of the unknown or the fear of what happened the last time. However, most times it is the fear of not being enough. Human beings are…
Chirywrites: HEALING
One day you will be young, with all your dreams intact. You are ready to face the world and conquer it. Then you are an adult with experiences that you…
Chirywrites
Make no mistake, people will celebrate you when you die. Not just people—very many people. Which is why it is important to live your life. Love the people who love…
JUNE 14 2023
Our caretaker went home for, like, a week. The agency got a substitute for a few days. CBC humans terrorized that man every day for the time he was here.…
Little Pieces of Me
I have a really wild mind. There are very few things I can’t tell you I haven’t thought about. Like why the sky is blue and the clouds are white.…
Intentional Parenting
How fast do we forget that the things we have are the things we prayed for? The things that we worked so hard to get. We forget that there are…
Chirywrites : GRIEVE
The best people in our lives are the ones who accept us for who we are. In early 2022, my father lost his mom, and I lost my grandma. The…
Chirywrites
You haven't had a long journey until you plan to travel long distances, and before the day, you do all your runs over time, promising yourself sleep through the journey.…
Chirywrites
As children, we are taught to fear what scares us. You tell your child to call an adult when they are scared or to run from a person who looks…
Chirywrites
I love this country and the people in it. We do everything we can to survive, even when it isn’t the right thing to do. I am somewhere today, and…
Chirywrites
I have always marveled at the sound of a mosquito. A sound so annoying coming from an animal so small. It is like listening to a triggering sound. I can’t…
Little Pieces of Me
It has been a crazy day. As a family, we had a function coming up on Friday. I grew up with a lot of guests in our home. I am…
Chirywrites JUNE 19 2023
There’s a time I believed in romance. I remember once in high school I got in trouble for writing a poem. I met this fine gentleman at a science congress,…
Little Pieces of Me
My favorite movies have love, politics, parenting, forgiveness, and liberation. It is called The Hate You Give. My favorite person in the movie is the dad in that show. That…
Chirywrites: RETIREMENT
This is by far the one thing I have dreamt of so many times. I want to retire on a farm surrounded by trees, water, and lots of fruit trees.…
Little Pieces of Me
There was a time in my life when I could close my eyes and couldn't see a thing. There were no dreams,no joy,no pain, nothing, just existence. Looking back, I…
Little Pieces of Me
Every day brings forth new challenges, new achievements, and new goals. In the limit of things, of which I believe there are none, I have learned to forgive every day.…
Chirywrites :FREEDOM
The liberation,the freedom, and the ability to just be yourself and live a life without a single doubt. I wake up each morning with gratitude for being here and for…
Chirywrites :Heal Your Traumas
Our minds are designed to keep memories of the things that happen to us. From our childhood, we learn to perceive the things around us. While we may claim to…
Chirywrites: My Testimony
The joy that I have, the world cannot give. The joy that I have, the world cannot take. You may not know this, but true happiness comes from within. When…
Chirywrites: Golden Years
The date is July 4th, and people in their golden years are getting money today. That phrase that says, “With age comes wisdom” is really true for these people. They…
Chirywrites: GRIEVE
Grief is a painfully interesting journey. My grandmother was an amazing woman. She loved us with everything she had. When we were escorting her to her resting place, we were…
Chirywrites:AURA
Aura is the energy that describes a particular place at a particular time. There are people who carry different types of energy, even when we don’t seem to see it.…
Winning isn`t always the price
If you look closely and listen to your heart, you will realize that winning isn’t always the price. I like winning; who doesn’t? It is the one thing that brings…
Gratitude
The liberation,the freedom, and the ability to just be yourself and live a life without a single doubt. I wake up each morning with gratitude for being here and for…
Turquoise
There’s that cliche question that people ask, What's your favorite color?”. I didn’t get to ask because it came up in conversation like a shining light. Turquoise,he said with so…
Chirywrites
No man is an island, so they say. As a child who grew up so fast,I never really got to understand that part. I have learned that you cannot stand…
Enablers
The problem with bad behavior isn’t just the people who do it. It's also the people who enable the bad behavior. Today we look at the reasons why people enable…
Village Chronicles
Today I’m lying down on the ground, staring at the sky. The sun is shining on my face, and the wind is blowing. The trees are moving in sync with…
Chirywrites
There’s this movie I once watched. It was about a long-lost love that these two people had. The chemistry was on point, and everything checked out. But they couldn’t be…
Village Chronicles
I am sitting by the road side. It has been twenty minutes, and I am already exhausted. The noise, the screeching of vehicles, the beeping—damn, I am not enjoying this.…
Chirywrites
6:50 am. Earphones check, music check. I am wearing a short white dress, just above the knee, boots, and a brown trench coat. My coat has a hood, and though…
Little Pieces of Me
I am not sure I am a people’s person, but my mantra has always been to give people a safe space to vent. While it has been easy to let…
Once in a lifetime
Once in a lifetime, it’s going to hurt so bad you can’t breathe.Then the pain will go away, and you will have to fill it with something.If you heal, you…
Chirywrites
The village is as hilarious as it gets. I am hanging out with Mama and his friends. These people are older than me,so I do what I do best when…
Chirywrites
Many months ago, my prayer list was full of so many things. I prayed for rest, peace, and love, and at some point I even prayed that the future would…
Chirywrites
We used to write compositions talking about feeling butterflies in our stomachs. As it would turn out, I used to write that and never felt it. I now do feel…
Chirywrites
We take for granted this life we have; we spend every living moment trying to achieve something. Trying to be someone worthy of respect,we put ourselves in really uncomfortable positions,…
Chirywrites
There is a series I watched sometime back. It has humor, drama, and a lot of action family style. I realized lately that my favorite TV shows are those that…
Chirywrites
There is a series I watched sometime back. It has humor, drama, and a lot of action family style. I realized lately that my favorite TV shows are those that…
Musings of the Soul
I can hear the beat of the drum.The nature of the way it beatsI can feel the energy of the song.I cannot reach for the sound.I can see the color…
Chirywrites
You know those adult people y’all keep saying were raised well? Okay, they are heartbroken,most of them. Young people are hurting from childhood traumas, and older people are hurting from…
Chirywrites
They say fear will keep you from daring, and it stinks, but it’s true. They will also tell you that the fear never really goes away; you just learn to…
Chirywrites
Authenticity is the most beautiful thing in this life. It doesn’t matter how you get it, but whatever you do, please know that you deserve to rock the real you.…
Chirywrites
Authenticity is the most beautiful thing in this life. It doesn’t matter how you get it, but whatever you do, please know that you deserve to rock the real you.…
Intentional Parenting
I I woke up this morning to the sound of a crying child. He is four years old. It was 6:40 am for the love of God, and it hurt…
Gifts of adulting
I have a piece of cake and a cup of African tea. Why is this exciting, you may ask? Well, because it means I finally left my comfort zone. I…
Love Language
One of these fine days, I'm going to get in a matatu and head to your side of the country. I am going to sit outside your office and wait…
Chirywrites
We have been accustomed to being ashamed of our choices. The things that define our past, the world wants us to ignore them. When you talk about them, they say…
Chirywrites
We have a flower at home that blossoms by multiplying. Instead of flowers, it produces more of its own. See the tiny ones surrounding it? Well, that’s how it blossoms.…
Mental Health
On World Contraception Day, let’s talk about a topic that’s sensitive to men and women. Having worked in healthcare and spent a lot of time with doctors, clinicians' nurses, and…
Chirywrites
I am a vivid dreamer. I can sit and imagine things, work out a plan, and actualize them. There are things that scare me to the depths of my soul,…
Chirywrites
I have amazing friends; that is the one thing I will always be grateful for. Today, we are trying to get some work done. I am saying trying because it's…
Chirywrites
I am going to work in the morning using public transport, and the conductor is very moody. He keeps yelling at the slightest provocation, and I can't help but wonder…
Chirywrites
I woke up and went to do what I love best: treat people. It makes me so happy to be able to see patients,to listen,to treat, and to help them…
Chirywrites
I got exactly what I wanted for the new year. I spent it where I wanted. It was an amazing experience with pure grace. I have learned to appreciate that…
Chirywrites
Many months ago, my prayer list was full of so many things. I prayed for rest, peace, and love, and at some point I even prayed that the future would…
Little Pieces of Me
I looked in the mirror, and there stood a beautiful girl. She is beautiful in all her essence. I have been to the bottom of the sea, where monsters live,…
For my best friend
To my best friendI am sorry that you had to be an adult like this and that you had to learn that life is a crazy maze. I can’t begin…
Chirywrites
I spent the better part of today worrying about my friend. She is going through a loss, and it has kind of changed a lot of things. Like the way…
Intentional Parenting
I went to pick up my child from school today, and she didn’t see me, so she thought I was late. She went back to play, and when she asked…
My Father
The world is celebrating teachers, and I am fortunate to have been raised by one. My dad is an amazing human being; he raised me and my siblings to be…
Chirywrites
I am having a bad day. I woke up this morning, and I don’t remember having breakfast. I had lunch, but I still feel a certain way. My best friend…
Chirywrites
Today I am feeling cold, like an abnormal kind of cold. I woke up this way, and there is not a thing I haven’t tried in the last few hours.…
Intentional Living
After my birthday, I realized that life flies so fast. So much has changed, and there’s no going back from here. So I am more intentional now. I express myself,…