Six decades
A life well lived
- 01
1967
A girl from Nyeri
Born at the foot of the Aberdares, the fourth of seven, already in charge of everyone.
- 02
1979
Top of the class
First in her school to board the bus to Nairobi for secondary school. She never looked back.
- 03
1989
A nurse in the city
Qualified at Kenyatta National Hospital and started the night shifts she still talks about.
- 04
1994
A family begins
Married Peter, bought the house in Kasarani and filled it with three children and a dog.
- 05
2010
Matron of the ward
Promoted to matron; the ward got stricter, the staff tea got better.
- 06
2027
Sixty & shining
Retired, gardening, still correcting our grammar. This evening is for her.