You might have noticed that I normally start my blogs with definitions of the key topic I am writing about. I think this is a carryover from my training in mathematics where one must lay out the premises upon which the ensuing argument is based.
An event of high significance to me and my wife happened recently, for which we were virtually pinching ourselves to prove that it was true. The event was our 50th wedding anniversary.
I would like to mull over the challenges of growing old. We are born, and as we grow, we age or grow old. As an old man of more than 8 score years, I want to muse over the life stage I have reached.
While I do not have to define the meaning of the word memory, I find the concept fascinating. I believe that we all have areas in which our memories are strong and areas in which they are frustratingly weak.
I would like to ponder over events that happened at school more than 60 years ago. As is the case with most memories, the fine details may be blurred. If you were to ask ten people who experienced an incident 60 years ago to retell the story,
Fatherhood is one of the most defining moments of one’s legacy as a man. For a woman it is motherhood. As parents, we make decisions that affect our children and very often, they have no say in these matters. This is the point I want us to think about.
There are freedoms which we take for granted and this is something I want us to think about. The Baganda have a saying that “travelling is seeing”. Literally, what it means is that you learn when you travel outside your environment. I have had the opportunity to travel to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea – twice. I will continue referring to the country as North Korea, for ease of reference.