“I want to become a doctor.” Taking herself out of the streets of Nairobi.
Grace 14 years old, the girl that I mentor at the orphanage “Children’s Hope Home” outside Nairobi, Kenya tells me about her daily structured plans for the school. I love to see her smile. She has the greatest loving eyes with a big healthy smile. Then her eyes changes and looks deeply into mine when…
Suddenly Everything Was Clear…
Here is the final part of the story from yesterday… Suddenly everything was clear, by starting a new life on a small South Pacific island I will not only open up a new life for myself, I will also open doors for my son that could be life changing for him as well. Another…
Everyone Told Me I Was Crazy
Everyone told me I was crazy… People I thought were my friends stopped talking to me… What is going on? I just came back to Austria after my trip to the South Pacific and I told my story about how I fell in love with the island and a local girl and that…
The Hardest Decision In My Life
My heart was broken and I didn’t know what to do… Should I leave my one-year-old son or should I stay and be miserable? I was living in Vienna Austria organizing big cultural events. After being at home taking care of my son for 7 months, we had a very close relation. However, the mother of my son…
It Is So Amazing!
It is so amazing to talk to a child. I just had my weekly conversation with Grace, 14 years old and a child living at the orphanage Children’s Hope home, outside Nairobi in Kenya. Since last week she had the exercise to start to give thanks for everything in her life. She told me…
Grace, the child whom I mentor
I have just finished talking to my child Grace, whom I mentor. What a wonderful experience. Seeing her shining eyes and her big smile looking at me in the camera over Skype. Wow, what a feeling. She told me that her mother died when she was 3 years old and left her HIV positive. She has taken…
A Brave Dreamer In Turkey
My daughter Marina 14 years old and I are in Turkey on a long dreamed vacation, just the two of us. I wanted to improve on our mother daughter relationship with some quality time together. We had so much fun, laughing, being silly and also having serious conversations, on topics that more often at home…
