Once you retire, your family increasingly becomes the center of your life. By this time, your children have become adults, and have families of their own. Your children include your own and the in-laws (we do not call them in-laws in our culture. They are our sons and daughters). Your children are now the ones […]
The Diaspora Oasis (TDO) blog was created to inspire and encourage the community of grandparents in the diaspora to share their own life experiences within their families, and to offer guidance and wisdom to the next generations. It serves as a source of insight (an ‘oasis’ of information) for grandparents within the diaspora, empowering them
The Diaspora Oasis blog aims at addressing the challenges we faced while navigating life abroad in United States, with the focus mainly on young individuals. Hopefully from sharing our journey, we can touch the life of at least one individual…especially those in their 20s, 30s, 50s, and those on the verge of retirement. When old
I learnt many lessons as a young child growing up in an environment filled with war, tragedy, broken families, and struggle. When I was about five years old, my father burned my grandmother’s house. My father had come from work in Nairobi, Kenya, to my grandmother’s home in the village. I lived with my mother
The websites http://www.marstoncomm.com/matures.html and http://merrillassociatees.com/ describe my generation as a silent generation – born before 1946. The silent generation listened and acted on orders – never questioned or participated in the planning. As a member of the silent generation, I followed instructions and did as I was told. I was the first of ten children,