Jina langu ni Enock Maregesi na ningependa kukwambia kisa kidogo kuhusiana na bibi yangu, Martha Maregesi. Mwanamke huyu alikuwa mke mwenye upendo usiokuwa na masharti yoyote. Alikuwa mama na bibi aliyefundisha familia yake umuhimu wa...

Peabody, you never cease to amaze me.””One day I’ll tell you about my granny and her five lovers.” “Five lovers isn’t abnormal for a woman’s lifetime.” “Not in her lifetime; last month. All at the...

That’s my wee darling. That’s my wee Frankie before the devil twisted him into a monster.” She poked her finger into another hole where Frank’s face should have been. Her eyes glinted.

Nukuu ya mwandishi wa vitabu wa Brazili, Paulo Coelho, “Tunapopenda tunajitahidi siku zote kuwa wazuri zaidi kuliko jinsi sisi wenyewe tulivyo. Tunapojitahidi kuwa wazuri zaidi kuliko jinsi sisi wenyewe tulivyo, kila kitu katika maisha yetu...

I don’t think I’ve ever heard of such a thing before. A great grandmother shooting someone.

And now you’re off to Port Caynn. Watch them sailor lads. They’ll have your skirts up and a babe in your belly afore you know what you’re about.””Everyone keep warning me about sailors,” I complained....

And like that, I said goodbye to my grandmother like we were two people who met in a coffee shop, shared a lifetime of stories and left wanting more, but knowing we’d meet there again.

If it’s a short trip to go see your grandma in Minneapolis, that’s something where you can kind of weigh the pros and cons as to if it’s worth it.

Gran, for the gods’ love, it’s talk like yours that starts riots!” I said keeping my voice down. “Will you just put a stopper in it?”She looked at me and sighed. “Girl, do you ever...

In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion.

Follow your dreams, Bailey,” she says. “Be they Harvard or something else entirely. No matter what that father of yours says, or how loudly he might say it. He forgets that he was someone’s dream...

Over the water of time I call to youIn a language I do not know.

We have become a grandmother

To all those who care, You can’t forever. Time steals the years,And your reflection in the mirror.But I can still see the story in your eyes, And your timeless passion that’s never died.While your skin...

His grandmother had taught him that there was no such thing as coincidence. There are millions of people in this world, she had told him, and the spirits will see that most of them, you...

I love tables. And dancing. Oh, and I love table dancing, although Grandmother always says, “Wait until we’re finished eating.

She was not yet dead. But I was already alone.

The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida.

Pandai tersenyum akan membawa kebahagiaan. Jangan lupa, ya?

I like watching baseball as much as my grandma’s left ear is loud. (She’d probably give her right ear for a left ear that wasn’t soundproof).

Well,” she said, “how can I be sure there aren’t invisible people in the world? Scientists didn’t believe in the mountain gorilla for hundreds of years. And now look. So if scientists can be wrong,...

What she showed me was, Yes, I am Grandmother as she is; there is no separation, really, between us. And that, on this planet, Grandmother Earth, there is no higher authority. That our inseparability is...

I always get whiplash when I have sex in the backseat. Boy, I sure wish Grandmother would learn how to drive.

Help yourself, my wee hen.”Rosy settles for a reject.Franny puts the Christmas tin up high, way up high, way out of reach.

M y great grandma is a saintly sweet lady, but at the same time, she’s grounded, strong and very spiritual.

A fridge will keep your steaks fresh, but keeping a live cow in grandmother’s room will keep the meat fresher. Let this be a lesson in love.

Rosy waited as long as she dared then sat forward and let her eye rove Franny’s lounge, up and down the shelves, looking for something, not even sure she could bring herself to act if...