Category: stories
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Keep these lessons of falling leaves!
Even if leaves descend, even if they descend brittle and frail to the ground below, even if they are swept away by wind or birds, leaving trees and branches empty and alone, at least they fell, they moved down before going up and away, and we are here, forgetting the lessons begin first on the…
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Keep resting in peace Ngugi!
What happens to words after they turn from one tongue to another? Do you think if say I begin with this life na je je, you go understand say me I no like wahala. In the fullness of a day, from the blossom of light in the morning to the twinkle of stars across dark…
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Keep this necessary suffering!
We often stay on a path that we are already on, even if it’s going nowhere. I’m learning these days that life is full of necessary suffering, full of losses and renewal, full of a downward part to growth and imperfection. For everything you have, always be prepared and plan to lose it, so that…
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Keep falling upward!
Some of us have been called to do something more. By grace and guts, we will do it.
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Keep these notes!
Her final notations of a life not simple, life not long, life not little, but a life full of thought, life full of heart, life full of air, is that life will still be short, it will still not be simple, and you will endure. A reminder: You can’t gatekeep global health from women who…
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Keep Mati, our public health hero!
Mati, I see you as one of the great ones. I see you as one who has sat before fire, with hands that have glowed in deep flame. Your face was truly sculptured by smoke, and your eyes have truly wandered around as your voice rose, like humming bees in the middle of summer, your voice…
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Keep the shining sun after a tornado!
Our friends saw a tree outside their home. It’s was after the tornado that passed through St. Louis, and for them, it left no power, broken lights, and a large tree on the ground. They are okay they said. At least the sun is still shining. I agree. My heart goes out to everyone who…
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Keep your dreams!
My dreams are long and continuous. They cannot be separated from my every day life. Some days are ragged. Take the last three weeks of questions around funding global health. Other days are coarse. Take too the lack of stance on supporting global health. Still I know it will take everything to silence voices external,…
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Keep the 14th year anniversary of earning a doctoral degree!
Today marks 14 years since I got my PhD from Penn State University. When I look back at that experience, look back at the lessons learnt, one thing stands clear, that even if I loose everything today, I can rebuild from the ground up because of the people that helped to shape the story I…
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Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor 