by AmeenaBlogArchive | Oct 12, 2011 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Thoughts
Ameena & Kenyan friend Aurellio in our Kenyan home Ameena Project was born out of the heart-wrenching, true-life experience of seeing how 2 children, born just days or months apart, both in Kenya, can have such a different outlook for life. The stark reality is...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Oct 10, 2011 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Thoughts
It hasn’t escaped our notice that our blog title has read: “Our journey to Kenya and back” and that the title has seemed awkward since we have been back home here in the United States. Ian and I have discussed if I should change the title, but there...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | May 7, 2011 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kenya, Kids
Today we celebrate one wonderful year of having Ameena in our lives. What a full year this last one has been. Being pregnant while living in Africa was interesting. I felt healthy, but had more physical symptoms than with any of my other children. Crazy high...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Sep 19, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kenya, Travel
In our hunt to find the cheapest yet safest flight home from Kenya we happened upon a stay over in Dubai. We as in Erika Lee mentioned it, it sounded like a fabulous idea that saved thousands even with a 2 night hotel stay over, we booked it! I didn’t know much...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Sep 4, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Friends, Kenya
So months before our departure from Kenya I told Ian that I had hatched a fabulous plan that would allow us to fairly distribute all of the things we had accumulated that would not be returning to the US in our alloted 8 suitcases. That’s right. No shipping...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Aug 28, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Food, Friends, Kenya, Travel
A farewell at the Centre usually means a tea party planned by the staff. In the past this involved light food: boiled eggs, biscuits, queen cakes and chai. Ian and I decided about a month before leaving that we would like to throw the staff and residents a nice...
