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…
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…
A GIRL FROM THE OCEAN : CHAPTER 6
Copyright © 2023 Saymore Barauta Published by Saymore Barauta 6 Something yanked me out of the spirit plane. Focusing on it, I…
A GIRL FROM THE OCEAN : CHAPTER 5
Copyright © 2023 Saymore Barauta Published by Saymore Barauta 5 A caress whispered over my temple down to my cheek. The tenderness…
A GIRL FROM THE OCEAN : CHAPTER 4
Copyright © 2023 Saymore Barauta Published by Saymore 4 Ethren always had an untouchable air about him. I knew that, I sensed…
A GIRL FROM THE OCEAN : CHAPTER 3
Copyright © 2023 Saymore Barauta Published by Saymore Barauta 3 Ethren was at work when I decided to go out one afternoon. I…
A GIRL FROM THE OCEAN : CHAPTER 2
Copyright © 2023 Saymore Barauta Published by Saymore 2 I placed the spear under the bed, it’s new home for the mean…
A GIRL FROM THE OCEAN : CHAPTER 1
Copyright © 2023 Saymore Barauta Published by Saymore Barauta 1 Slowly, my head broke through the surface…
PECULIAR ENCOUNTERS
I love peculiar. I love bizarre. I live for the unusual. In all honesty, I am one peculiar creature no wonder the inclination. Waking up…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
THE BIASED ADVICE
Traditionally, to marry is considered a great step in life. Cares and precautions must be taken care of to ensure that you do not end…
RICH OR WEALTHY?
Pssst! you might be wondering how you want to live or to die. But i guess you want to live or die rich? Aaaah! Are…
The ‘Cure’ for Pain.
For the longest time, I would never talk about my pain. I would always keep it in, that it became my default setting. I remember…
Transitions.
Transitions are the most inevitable part of life. The reality is that apart from the seasonal transitions that we go through in life, we experience…
AN IDIOT FARMER
Makokha, after making up his mind, embarked on his journey to his dream country(America). His dreams was now coming true. ‘America! America! America! Is always…
Gratitude lesson 1
Greatful cause of life. Being a life today it’s not assured r guarantee so grateful about it is very noble. Death is so unpredictable…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Imaginary friend part 1
Once upon a time, in a little known village in the interior of a country one family was blessed. One early Sunday morning in the…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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?…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 Parenting
I was in church today, and the programmer asked for a child who would volunteer to pray before they went for their own service. Four…
Chirywrites
I want to wake up one day and be able to say I have lived. I have this friend who says he has lived. The…
Chirywrites
Maybe it’s meant to be that you break your soul before you can grow with it.You must fall way below the bottom of the sea…
The Wild Forest
It’s the things that cross your mind when you are alone. The truth of your existence is revealed when you wake up in the middle…
Chirywrites
I have learned to listen, and the exact time in which there’s a shift in energy, I have learned to he present. When I am…
Intentional Parenting
I am looking into the eyes of a child. Let me start from the beginning. I am sitting somewhere, and across from me is a…
Intentional Parenting
My child has an infection. It’s minor; however, she needed mediation, so I got her some. They don’t taste so well because it’s medicine. This…