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Hi Riki , I planned to write this on Saturday 21st September, 2013 .  However on that day my heart was heavy with the attack at your favorite shopping mall the west gate in westlands Nairobi. I am still hoping that this did not spoil your day as I wish for the best in our country. I am thus writing this today to commemorate that special day when you came to my life and that of our family. You had started silently growing in me over nine months earlier on that September day of 2006.  Your sister was only over an year old when the doctor confirmed that indeed you were on your way here.  You stayed calm there in your special house made by God to prepare babies before they are ready for the world.  I was happy that you were coming but was also concerned, you see your sister was still a baby herself and still needed my undivided attention.  At some point I had to leave her with Shosh so I could fully take care of you. By   September 20th  2006, I was already getting a bit anxious,

This far Lord you have brought me and all I can say is THANK YOU.      Today I am quite a different person from that skinny inquisitive kid who wouldn't rest until I got all the answers.  Now I have learnt that some things are better not to know that the less you know the better you are. I have learnt the different fights to  take, those to leave and those to fight on another day. I  have learnt that we don't have to agree to be friends that even if you are my friend you have your own opinion.  I have also learnt that there are friends for different reasons and just because they did not visit you at the hospital when you were sick it does not mean that they do not care or that they love you less.  I have learnt that I need to be independent strong and self sufficient but I also sometimes need guidance and being led by the hand.  It has been a long journey and the horizon is still far but thus far I have learnt a lot of life skills and the difference it has with a lifeskills.