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Today is our darling Papa Keza& #39;s birthday @BusingyeJohns (Keza, is the adorable little girl on his lap
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Some might know him from different spheres but growing up calling this man, "dad" is quite something.
@Natsjustnats thanks for sharing this photo.
Today is our darling Papa Keza& #39;s birthday @BusingyeJohns (Keza, is the adorable little girl on his lap
Some might know him from different spheres but growing up calling this man, "dad" is quite something.
@Natsjustnats thanks for sharing this photo.
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I& #39;ll be sharing my fondest memory with Papa K but inviting my siblings who are on twitter ( @Natsjustnats & @nunukamikazi ) & anyone who& #39;d like to share a warm memory from encounters you& #39;ve had with him to please share aswell.
In August 2015, i was diagnosed with Meningitis, at first we didn& #39;t know what it was so we thought it was nothing to panic about & saw no need to fly to Kigali from Nairobi, i kept deteriorating with no clear diagnosis up to that point, so i came home.
Very frail, gradually getting cross-eyed, light was the enemy, neck was stiff & i could barely talk, at some point i was admitted to hospital for 2 weeks, a diagnosis finally made (it was a close call). One of those nights, alone in the room, he came from office to hospital.
Sasa, you must understand that Papa K is the kind of dad who-for as long as we can remember- would wake up in the middle of the night if any of us was sick just to come touch our forehead to know that there& #39;s no fever or wake up mu gicuku to remind you to take your meds.
Anyway, back to that one precious night, with the lights dimmed & me trying to sleep in the midst of pain, he comes in, visibly stressed & exhausted. In the silence, he begins to say, "Kiki, i& #39;m really sorry i didn& #39;t think it was so serious..." (or smthg along these lines)
I couldn& #39;t speak much because of how weak i was but i smiled in effort to make him know that it was okay. Then he looked at me & shared a story of how he got terribly ill in University only to find out later that it was i think chicken pox. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ
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There were no evident symptoms & that had caused confusion around what he was actually suffering from so Papa K being the ever-so-humorous human being that he is, cracked a few jokes here & there while telling me this story, it was a bittersweet moment.
I was still & quiet but smiling, he looked at me, this time, with inexplicable worry in his eyes (which were red & confirmed to me that he hadn& #39;t been sleeping due to
his concern for me), he said, "Kiki, i need you to fight, i need you to really fight this thing".
his concern for me), he said, "Kiki, i need you to fight, i need you to really fight this thing".
It crashed me to see him so worried, it then hit me that he& #39;d come all the way just to sit by my bedside, make me laugh a little & tell me to fight for my life, i decided to fight but esp. not to see him this down.
If this isn& #39;t love, i would like to know what is.
If this isn& #39;t love, i would like to know what is.
Papa K, you are loved beyond words, thank you for the undying love you have for us & for loving us the best way you know how.
May you have joy-filled BIRTHDAY @BusingyeJohns
umu jeune wacu!!https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ" title="Gesicht mit FreudentrĂ€nen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit FreudentrĂ€nen">
May you have joy-filled BIRTHDAY @BusingyeJohns
umu jeune wacu!!
