I am a mother of three, born and bred in Mombasa, Kenya. I am passionate about books, writing, healthy living and getting people to see the best of themselves. Especially getting people to see the best of themselves.
But he is not alone in assuming things about people like me. About Coastal Muslim women to be exact.
And neither is this incident the first time I have had to defend myself, my faith and my dress. In this very city I was born and raised in.
Somehow what I aim to say, what has been my aim all along with this platform was to bring a little sunshine to people's lives in whatever small way I am blessed to make
The mother in me- but mostly the teenage me- wants to shield them all from the disappointments that they will definitely face, the heartache, the rude awakenings.