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Me, I love Nairobi

To be a Nairobian is a commitment because it is a city that teaches you to take nothing for granted. I sometimes think of Nairobi as a childhood crush that developed into a committed relationship and every time we meet after long stretches apart, a sense of closeness and attachment is restored. 
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Raising A Pandemic Baby

Photo by Marc Nielsen Styled by Brian Babu Concept by Fancy Fingers
Parenting psychologists generally assert that the first three years of a child’s life are foundational. How many fathers become absent in the early stages of infancy only to return bearing gifts and engaging in remedial parenting hoping to catch up on lost years over a series of fun weekends? Gabor Maté explains that children have an attachment need and in the absence of a nurturing adult to attach to, they tend to fill the void with a peer group.
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The Boy Who Loved The Kitchen

Father had desired a taste of the power that the soup gave its maker but he was too proud to admit it. He was a manly man, a hunter by design yet he remained awake to the fact that true power was not in the man who brought home the meat but in the woman whose stew made the guests break into praise after the meal.
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