Isn't it amazing how drama always finds you when you least expect it? On Friday afternoon I received a call from my friend Carol and she told me she was in a clinic in town and was in lots of pain. I told her to keep me posted on what she is told and that I would go see her later. So I packed my things in preparation for the Saturday exhibition and then drove into town. There was Nairobi University graduation on that day and traffic in town was crazy but thankfully I got parking next to the clinic at 3p.m. We sat with Carol from 3p.m. to about 5.30p.m. being given excuses as to why the test results were not out. This is a story for another day but to cut the long story, we left that clinic at afew minutes to 7 and headed for Nairobi Hospital. We were able to see a doctor and were headed to our home with Carol at 11p.m. My Saturday was crazy and I requested my housegal and another friend to keep an eye on Carol as I would be out of the house the whole day. That evening, when we g...
Navigating loss and grief