by Judy Mzungu | Jan 29, 2025 | Safarini
We all grow up with a perfect notion of what family should be. While some may be blessed to have had it, the truth is that many of us will struggle with the fact that life did not present the ideal. My mother was forced into marriage at a pretty early age, in what was...
by Judy Mzungu | Jan 22, 2025 | Safarini
I will never forget the season when our family hit a major low. My father was unable to pay rent as he was retired at the time, and did not have any meaningful source of income. We moved from the middle-class South B neighborhood where I had spent my early childhood...
by Judy Mzungu | Jan 21, 2025 | Safarini
I was working, serving in church, was rising up the career ladder, paying my bills, and living out life the best way I knew. Until that moment, when I was forced to withdraw from the crowd to take that inner journey. That’s when I discovered I had been trapped in the...
by Judy Mzungu | Jan 8, 2025 | Safarini
Most times when we take a hit from life, the first casualty is our Identity. When you didn’t quite attain the academic marks, life labelled you a failure. When you went through a heartbreak, they made you feel like you were not good enough. When you missed the...
by Judy Mzungu | Jan 6, 2025 | Safarini
I was young, energetic and had big dreams. Sometimes, my cautious and well-meaning parents would tell me, ‘You don’t understand life’. They must have been trying to cushion me from getting disappointed. Undeterred, I dared. And boy, was I knocked down...