Thuita J. Maina's Blog: Reflections of a Christian, page 29

Remembering the Good People

Last year on a day that I didn't record, I received a call from a stranger who informed me that he had sent me some money via MPESA - a popular...

Attacked by Honeybees

Since my mother suffered a stroke more than eight years ago, she has been walking with a waddle and with the aid of a walking stick. She has come...

What an Injury Has Taught Me

About a week ago, I was cleaning a sink in our house while crooning one of my favorite hymns when my right hand hit a sharp projection on the wall...

The Hymn "Land of our Birth"

During my years at Starehe Boys' Centre where I had my high school as well as college education, I used to accompany the whole school on the piano...

When the Rain Started Beating Me

When we were growing up in the '90s, my immediate elder brother Paddy was often hailed as bright and brilliant while I was derided as dull, dumb...

Part 4: High School Memories

On this day twenty years ago, I reported at Starehe Boys' Centre to begin my high school studies. I was very proud to be part of Starehe during...

Emulating the Great Music Composers

When we were growing up in the '90s, my siblings and I used to visit a priest called Fr. Charles Nyamiti at his magnificent residence in Nairobi....

A Mother to be Honored

"Don't despise your mother when she is old." That verse from the book of Proverbs often comes ringing in my mind when my mother gets on my nerves....

What a Recent Illness Taught Me

Last Wednesday after I came home from my one-hour evening walk, I felt a slight discomfort in my throat. As I always do whenever an issue arises...

Books I Read in 2021

The great German novelist Franz Kafka once said that a book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us, and I stand by that since I find reading...