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M'Buti Writes...Her Journalings, Continued (For Karla With Much Love!) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Rated "G" by the Author.
M'Buti has some time to write in her journal while her younger children are taking their afternoon naps and her oldest son and husband are outside, swimming.
Weds., June 22, 2005~
Dear Journal~
Sopai! Keserian ingera? This is your friend, M'Buti, writing. I am sorry if I haven't written in here for so long, but I am busy raising my family, working part time, and trying to stay healthy.
I am happy to say that my health has vastly improved (I am no longer getting dizzy due to my blood pressure being low, the medicine seems to be working), and I am starting to eat more, and I feel so much better than I have in a very long time! I am also happy to report that Jubaki, my eldest son, my child of my most beloved man, is going to be eight years old on Sunday. It doesn't seem possible, but he is a little man now, and he has gotten so big it is UNREAL! He is going to be tall and skinny like his father, and he is so smart! He looks just like his daddy (but he has my eyes and my smile!)! He is really handsome, and I am so proud of him! The twins (Eshe' and Kibarake) are now three years old, and it is a delight to watch them discovering the world about them, and the triplets are now five months old, and they are smiling and cooing and enjoying their new life! They are getting big, too, and I am happy to say that the boys are healthy as well!
Life is very good for me. I have my family, I have a wonderful support system in my church, my friends, and my co-workers, and I have a strong, insatiable desire to grow in Christ. I regularly go to church with my husband and my children, and my life is very blessed! I also have found out that Naiser has gotten promoted at his job, and he is now the head of pediatric neurology at Nairobi's main hospital! I also have found out that Keserian, my other brother, is still raising his cattle and is now walking with just two canes instead of the crutches, and he has a girlfriend! Her name is Tajewi, and they met at one of the villages that he happened to be at, and now they are very sweet on each other! He is happy, too, and I am happy for him!
Engai is blessing not only myself, but my brothers, and it is as though he is looking down on us and smiling and nodding his approval! I have never been so happy as I am now, and I hope and pray that this continues!
We are saving to go back to Kenya sometime next year or so, and we are taking the older children. That way, they can learn of their Maasai heritage and see things that they have never seen before. Now, Jubaki has been to Africa before, but he has expressed a desire to go back, and he has reported to me that he either wants to be a Marine soldier like his daddy, or be a Maasai warrior, like his Uncles Keserian and Naiser! :) The babies will stay behind and they will probably stay with my friend Carole or with Louisiana and her family while the rest of us go to Africa. We are very much looking forward to it, and we can't wait to show the children, my fragile bones, where their mother--ME--came from! We want them to learn of my Maasai ways and appreciate that part of their heritage!
Well, Kenji, one of the triplets, is starting to fuss, so I had best go and tend to him. I will write in here again soon. Again, I am sorry for not writing sooner, but I have been busy, as you can see!
Kwaheri for now!
~Love, M'Buti Ayala. :)
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Reviewed by Susan Barton
6/24/2005
M'Buti sounds like a very busy woman with so many babies!
Thank you for writing this one for me; as you know, M'Buti is one of my favorites of your millions of characters. :) I'm glad things are improving for her...finally!!
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Weds., June 22, 2005~
