Thuita J. Maina's Blog: Reflections of a Christian, page 47
August 29, 2019
On Sex & Relationships
When I was at the University of Nairobi in early 2011, I happened to occasionally meet with Mrs. Edith Karaimu, the first director of Starehe...
August 27, 2019
A Trip to My Ancestral Land
Last Friday, my maternal grandmother was hosting a get-together for her family and some other relatives of ours in her rural home in Murang'a,...
August 24, 2019
Dealing With Depression
Sometime in the year 2011, I went to see a certain psychiatrist in downtown Nairobi accompanied by my father. That was after I messed up at the...
August 18, 2019
Part 2: High School Memories
I extracted the photo above from a website I created in 2006 for my high school class, the Mighty 4F Class of '05. And when I looked at the photo...
August 15, 2019
Benefits of Writing
When I bought my second android tablet in August 2015, I downloaded a journalling app called Penzu with the intention of using it to save articles...
August 13, 2019
How I Grew Up With My Siblings
My sister-in-law Sheila Mareka once told me she wishes she had grown up in a family with more siblings. So it seems I am lucky to have lived with...
August 11, 2019
The XY Problem
Knock! Knock! I heard someone hit the door of a toilet in JKUAT where I was sleeping one night because I didn't have anywhere else to sleep. That...
August 8, 2019
An Unfair Punishment I Once Did
We were having a Chemistry lesson one afternoon in 2004 when I was in Form 3 at Starehe Boys' Centre. The teacher tutoring us was a gentle and...
August 5, 2019
Growing Our Faith in God
The Bible is full of wonderful promises. It tells us that all shall be well for those of us who are righteous. It tells us to neither worry about...
August 3, 2019
On Gossiping & Slandering
There is a wonderful old story I love. It's about Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher who was adored for his breadth and depth of knowledge....
