Kiumbe thinkings

This is nothing coherent by any stretch of imagination.

I have been recovering in my feelings about the loss of my brother. In some ways I am starting to think that aging is a great privilege that is not afforded all people. Today I am grateful to see how good it has been working with other people, hearing their condolences and knowing that they really care. I am grateful for all the people calling us and reaching out to know how we are feeling. I have just come out from a call from a relative that did not seem to share the same feeling of loss that i currently have. It might not have been a fault of his, but to call me to tell me, just casually that my brother has died, and then go on to ask for my money was a really mean thing. I fell bad at this time. I am planning on going to Kenya, God willing on Thursday. I am grateful that Nkatha is willing to come with me.

Thank you Mercy

I am grateful for Mercy to be able to coordinate a meeting of the family members here and abroad - in Nairobi and Meru. I am able to see first hand how gifted she is coordinating the zoom meetings to get the funeral plans going on. I cannot imagine what Kiumbe's wife Lena must be feeling right now. One week ago she had a loving and caring husband. This man now is being referred to as a body and all the death and dying vocabulary that comes in at a time like this. I deeply wonder what is happening to her.

Feeling of loss

This loss is grevious. I think nothing says you have lost - death. We have a whole science designed to keep us alive. The body system itself is designed to keep us alive. The