Read more oh Christmas tree Dec 1, 2020 by Arianna Today has been a tough day with some sad news, so I find myself... Read more
Read more on thanksgiving. . . Nov 28, 2020 by Arianna Last year after our thanksgiving meal, the girls and David and... Read more
Read more on crafty things. . . Nov 21, 2020 by Arianna Looking through my phone, I saw a LOT Of crafty projects that... Read more
Read more on 12th birthdays. . . Oct 28, 2020 by Arianna I remember Alli and Anna getting the last volume of Harry... Read more
Read more 18 Years and a safari Oct 27, 2020 by David Annabelle Shirk, our personal photographer, took this one.... Read more
Read more on more questions. . . Oct 24, 2020 by Arianna 2020 has been relentless. . .in the day to day, I find myself... Read more
Read more On History Oct 16, 2020 by David The hospital is in the middle of several renovations and hung a... Read more
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Read more unexpected Sep 2, 2020 by Arianna Unexpected. . . everything about this year seems to progress in... Read more
Read more Mt. Kenya Aug 15, 2020 by David When we were preparing to move to Kenya for the first time,... Read more
Read more on family goals Jul 4, 2020 by Arianna We have been reading and thinking and talking and playing . .... Read more
Read more On Father’s Day Jun 22, 2020 by David Father’s Day is hard for me. On one hand, it’s... Read more
Read more On being allies… Jun 2, 2020 by Arianna Tonight, we sat down to try to explain to the girls what is... Read more
Read more from Belle May 28, 2020 by Arianna Hello. Annabelle here. I will be answering a few questions to... Read more
Read more Coronavirus Report (Part 3/3) May 16, 2020 by David Part 1 Part 2 Part 3: The Day After COVID I think often about... Read more
Read more Coronavirus Report (Part 2) May 10, 2020 by David If you missed, find Part 1 here. Phase 2: Response The... Read more
Read more Coronavirus Report (1 of 3) May 7, 2020 by David It has only been 8 weeks since the world was upended. ... Read more
Read more On Moving Apr 7, 2020 by Arianna So how do you move an entire children’s ward in 72 hours? Once... Read more
Read more Madeline’s Update Apr 2, 2020 by Arianna This vacation has been very quiet. It hasn’t lost any of the... Read more
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Read more Happy 40th Birthday! Mar 18, 2020 by David Today is Arianna’s 40th birthday, and if you want to understand... Read more
Read more on pirate parties. . . Mar 11, 2020 by Arianna Somewhere in the weddings and trips from the fall, Madeline and... Read more
Read more On emergency care. . . Mar 10, 2020 by Arianna Four years ago, Shruti and I sat at my kitchen table and tried... Read more
Read more brave, brave, brave Mar 1, 2020 by David Arianna and I have been wrestling with whether to take on the... Read more
Read more on receiving. . . Feb 2, 2020 by Arianna I landed last night at Jomo Kenyatta airport after 2 months in... Read more
Read more Into the Unknown Dec 28, 2019 by David I woke up Christmas morning singing Frozen 2. Into the... Read more
Read more on remembering one thing Dec 16, 2019 by Arianna Arianna and I visited my mother yesterday. She continues to... Read more
Read more on thanksgiving. . . Dec 14, 2019 by Arianna We are almost a month behind on this post. . .but 4 hours after... Read more
Read more Mt Elgon Oct 27, 2019 by David Arianna and I travelled with Ken & Sarah and their to far... Read more
Read more back for a wedding. . . Oct 18, 2019 by Arianna I can vividly remember the first time I realized Susan and I... Read more
Read more In Tea Country Oct 17, 2019 by David The past weeks have been a whirlwind, to Ohio for our dear... Read more
Read more on planning and dreaming, part two. . . Sep 17, 2019 by Arianna The second question I asked my team at our planning meeting was... Read more
Read more on planning and dreaming. . . Sep 15, 2019 by Arianna So last week, we had a pediatrics team meeting to brainstorm... Read more
Read more I Push Buttons as Some Push Brooms Sep 14, 2019 by David I push buttons as some push brooms.But, my job is not merely to... Read more
Read more Songs of my Summer Aug 29, 2019 by David Summer in Kenya isn’t the same as America. It started cold and... Read more
Read more A Day around Kijabe Aug 4, 2019 by David I did a lot of photo-taking yesterday, a spectacular day with... Read more
Read more on dragon drops. . . Jul 24, 2019 by David David wrote this poem on Sunday morning after a downpour... Read more
Read more From Annabelle Jul 23, 2019 by Arianna Q. what’s your super hero name and what’s your... Read more
Read more interview with Madeline . . 2019 Jul 22, 2019 by Arianna Q. what’s your super hero name and what’s your... Read more
Read more on adrenaline. . . Jul 21, 2019 by Arianna The nurses and clinical officers joke that when I come in for... Read more
Read more on being loved from afar. . . Jul 1, 2019 by David Lots of articles will talk about how to love people that your... Read more
Read more snapshots of June Jun 30, 2019 by Arianna June is traditionally cold and rainy in Kijabe – and this... Read more
Read more Breathe Jun 27, 2019 by David The split second edge between birth and breath moments seem... Read more
Read more Discovering Magic Jun 17, 2019 by David In the midst of a too-busy day in a too-busy week. . . the rain... Read more
Read more one second a day. . . Jun 12, 2019 by Arianna My newest tiny obsession is LeapSecond an app that let’s... Read more
Read more How’s it going? Jun 2, 2019 by David Totally normal greeting, right? But today, when I heard it, I... Read more
Read more on an apple. . . May 28, 2019 by Arianna Today, I walked from patient to patient on the floor. First... Read more
Read more In the garden, after the rains May 23, 2019 by David No jewel has shone like dew blue daybreak flowers. Diamonds... Read more
Read more on celebration. . . May 21, 2019 by Arianna As our oncology service at Kijabe has grown under my friend... Read more
Read more on receiving generosity. . May 18, 2019 by Arianna When David left for America last week in the most last minute... Read more
Read more On Time Machines May 15, 2019 by David This was a tough Mother’s Day by any measure. It’s... Read more
Read more on mothering. . . May 13, 2019 by Arianna It’s strange. . .what my girls will remember about me is... Read more
Read more on distance. . . May 12, 2019 by Arianna This week, America has felt really far away. That may sound... Read more
Read more on alzheimer’s. . . May 10, 2019 by Arianna David’s mom was diagnosed with Alzheimers 3 years ago,... Read more
Read more Heatmaps May 8, 2019 by David One of the best parts of living in Kijabe is access to the... Read more
Read more On Mahindi Choma May 7, 2019 by David I walked Annabelle to school this morning, then made the usual... Read more
Read more So many tiny babies. . . May 6, 2019 by Arianna We have had a premature baby explosion in the last 2 weeks.... Read more
Read more on getting a child to eat. . . May 5, 2019 by Arianna We have a child in ICU right now who hasn’t been able to... Read more
Read more on radio silence. . . May 4, 2019 by Arianna (started on april 3rd . . .appropriate blog to have taken me a... Read more
Read more Tiny Stars. . . May 4, 2019 by Arianna Downpour, darkness Tiny stars emerge Crawl from unseen holes... Read more
Read more So. Much. Data May 2, 2019 by Arianna Seven years ago, Mardi and Jennifer started collecting a lot of... Read more
Read more on new eyes. . . May 2, 2019 by Arianna When you first move to a new place, it is easy to write. You... Read more
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Read more on 39th birthdays. . . Apr 3, 2019 by Arianna Sometimes birthdays bring up memories – ones we... Read more
Read more Pictures, pictures Mar 23, 2019 by David First day of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at... Read more
Read more On my phone. . . Feb 17, 2019 by Arianna I have been in a screen time battle with myself for the last... Read more
Read more On poetry Feb 17, 2019 by Arianna a few of David’s poems and art from the last few weeks. .... Read more
Read more A Shepherd’s Hem Jan 13, 2019 by David “Let my courage be like a rock, let the daily task of the... Read more
Read more On What Remains Jan 6, 2019 by David I think about legacy Often Constantly? The thought plays ... Read more
Read more 2018 – Favorites Jan 1, 2019 by Arianna We had a quiet afternoon yesterday and the girls, David, and I... Read more
Read more Is Anything Impossible? Dec 25, 2018 by David Light to split darkness Life to spring forth on the third... Read more
Read more On Recognition Dec 17, 2018 by David Friday night was the annual Kijabe staff party, a time to dress... Read more
Read more on being not enough. . . Dec 16, 2018 by Arianna The last three months have been a textbook lesson in feeling... Read more
Read more on my hospital family. . . Nov 25, 2018 by Arianna Every year at thanksgiving, I find myself pondering the big... Read more
Read more Madeline is 13. . . Nov 21, 2018 by Arianna Last week went by in a whirlwind. We realized with... Read more
Read more on being born early. . . Nov 18, 2018 by Arianna When we first moved to Kijabe, one of our NICU nurses was doing... Read more
Read more On Trees Nov 8, 2018 by David A Collection of Stories What shapes our lives? Sights, sounds,... Read more
Read more Annabelle is 10. . . Nov 5, 2018 by Arianna If you read all the posts, you’ll see I have been a... Read more
Read more On transitions. . . Nov 4, 2018 by Arianna Now that we have been in Kenya for 4! years, we have been... Read more
Read more Carnival 2018 (by Madeline) Nov 3, 2018 by Arianna Carnival this year was extremely fun. Every year carnival is... Read more
Read more on Running Nov 2, 2018 by Arianna “Daktari, this is casualty. We have a new patient. We are... Read more
Read more Sermons, friends, reports, and podcasts. . . Oct 15, 2018 by David Coming back from 6 weeks in the US, my perspective on... Read more
Read more On grief . . . Sep 8, 2018 by Arianna I have hesitated to write this post because it doesn’t... Read more
Read more In the Wilderness Sep 1, 2018 by David Every so often a unique opportunity to see a new and... Read more
Read more on farewells. . . Aug 23, 2018 by Arianna We just finished a whirlwind adventure in the US. . . David... Read more
Read more Friendraiser Aug 19, 2018 by David Woohoo! Our time in America was punctuated with two major... Read more
Read more Girls’ Post: Top Things we miss about Kenya Aug 5, 2018 by Arianna Things have been quiet here on the blog as we traverse the... Read more
Read more on memories and pieces of our life. . . Jul 1, 2018 by Arianna We arrived in Kenya 4 years ago with only 13 bags between the 4... Read more
Read more On reunions. . . Jun 12, 2018 by Arianna Certain moments stand as markers of our time here. Vincent’s... Read more
Read more On paperwork. . . Jun 12, 2018 by Arianna We woke up before the sun to drive into the immigration house... Read more
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Read more On research. . . Apr 28, 2018 by Arianna This week I missed my train and took an 8 hour bus to Mombasa... Read more
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Read more on the day before Easter. . . Apr 8, 2018 by Arianna He is risen. . . It is the Easter chorus of my childhood.... Read more
Read more The right questions? Mar 3, 2018 by David My mom had a phrase that she use to repeat frequently in her... Read more
Read more On listening Feb 12, 2018 by David I had a great talk with Arianna the other day the other day... Read more
Read more there and back again. . . Feb 4, 2018 by Arianna This week I made a whirlwind trip back to the US for my... Read more
Read more On Holes Jan 13, 2018 by Arianna Several times since I have come to Kenya, I have had good... Read more
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Read more on tradition. . . Dec 21, 2017 by Arianna Most of the time, Kijabe is home. . . friends, our colleagues,... Read more
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Read more Carnival Nov 4, 2017 by Arianna In the midst of election uncertainty and the continued nursing... Read more
Read more Annabelle is 9. . . Oct 3, 2017 by Arianna Every year, I have fun planning and plotting with the girls... Read more
Read more Cars Sep 27, 2017 by David When we first arrived in Kenya, I remember walking by the... Read more
Read more Thoughts from the girls from the first few weeks of school. . . Sep 21, 2017 by Arianna from Annabelle: I’ve been enjoying my first my few weeks... Read more
Read more on marshmallows. . . Sep 20, 2017 by Arianna When we were back in the States and people asked us what... Read more
Read more Friends and Safaris Sep 10, 2017 by David Some of our best friends came to visit us for several weeks,... Read more
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Read more the divine supply chain Aug 5, 2017 by David A container arrived this week, loaded with pediatric,... Read more
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Read more Safari with family. . . Jul 8, 2017 by David 32 years ago, I was a flower girl in my Uncle John and Aunt... Read more
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Read more on days with David Jun 16, 2017 by David For those of you who have followed our journey for the past... Read more
Read more Naivasha May 28, 2017 by David Pictures from a quick getaway to Naivasha this weekend. Thanks... Read more