You’ve put on weight.
That was one of the last sentences I heard before I left Kenya two weeks ago.
“Yes, I know,” I replied, a lot less defensive than I would have been in my pre-Kenya phase of life.
No but really my friend insisted, “Umeongeza kilo. Kilo ngapi?” (No but really, “you have added kilograms, how many kilograms have you added??”)
“I don’t know,” I said, repeatedly as I tried to change the subject and remember in the deepest parts [Read More…]