Outside Heart

I’m taking things out of the cupboard and putting them into a bag. I don’t remember what they are, but I’m packing. For no reason that I can identify, tears are leaking out of my eyes. Many years later I wonder if […]

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Paul Otieno aka PauShinski, Father of Dragons

GirlDad to 4 girls: Ler (6), twins Taya & Polo (3 and 10mths), Leko (10mths)  Raising Girls: Boogers, Bath Time & Diapers One random day, I am just chilling. And my child, my flesh and blood, bone of my bone and flesh of […]

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David Njenga

GirlDad to Natalia, 12 years old Having a daughter is a beautiful experience – it is an amazing journey that inspires, models and influences the girl child to take up the beautiful role of being a beacon in the next generation.  I […]

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The Poet Dad

GirlDad to an 8-year old daughter It sobers you up It gets you thinking It gets you to connect With a part You never thought you had It gets you to appreciate your mum You appreciate your wife You look at women […]

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Robertson Kabucho

GirlDad to …. 2 Years old. It is an overwhelming weight of responsibility to carry, knowing there is a little one looking up to me wholesomely, moreso knowing it’s a load I will never lay down. That’s the feeling I have of […]

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Muriuki Wachira, First Time Father

GirlDad to Nia, 4 months old At first I panicked. I was not ready, same as 90% of people who just discover they are going to be parents.  So here comes the baby, a beautiful human. Innocent, peaceful human being. She is […]

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Keeping it real

GirlDad to a 10-year old daughterThe journey through fatherhood to my little angel has been great. The first time I discovered I was going to be a father was a moment that I welcomed with bothhappiness and anxiety. Regular visits to the […]

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On the Verge

She is a child of passion, desire, ambition, faith,  frustration, blood, sweat and tears. To be on the verge of something is to be on the edge. A precipice. Either looking down into the void or up into the sky. Taking a […]

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