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New Dawn

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Where do I start?

I have noticed a lot of my Facebook friends have (temporarily?) left the social medium. Perhaps to concentrate on real-time living. Maybe the cheesy holiday snaps and fake glamorous food pictures were getting too much for them. Some just have found little value in social networking and decided to just try doing without it for a while. I am here to assure you that I am not one of those people. I was simply very very busy. With my wedding festival!

Yes, I got married at the end of last year. I was this close to starting a wedding blog. I am sure I could write a million things about that experience, but with the million already existing blogs I really don't know what I could add. I'm just grateful that it all came together short of losing our minds during the preparations. I do recommend the following when attempting this supernatural feat of throwing a wedding 1. Choose an extremely good maid of honour, she must be both your bestest friend but also have actual organisational skills. A look at her CV is not a bad idea. 2. A sense of humour is required. Do not panic when things go horrendously wrong. If you have the rings, the pastor and marriage certificate, everything else is a plus. 3. Strong knees..to get down and pray. You will need to do this regularly. Otherwise a strong family and friend support system really carries you through. (I had added advantage of having superman as my husband).

I do apologize for the long silence either way.

I thought I would catch you up with what has been going on with my career. I spent the last year working in the Children's HIV Clinic at the largest catchment area for Paediatric HIV in Zimbabwe (Harare Central Hospital). I saw kids from birth till 18 years (although we frequently saw 21 year olds who couldnt let go and we were too attached to chase them). Paediatric HIV is reducing significantly due to the successful PMTCT programmes throughout the country. There are still some challenges but we are definitely headed in the right direction. Hopefully in future, there will be no jobs for doctors at any Paediatric HIV clinics, because there will be none required!

This year I am embarking on a masters degree programme in Public Health specializing in Health Promotion. This is an absolute dream come true...and without sounding too unprofessional. Yipppeeee!!! I started this blog a couple of years ago, always with health promotion in mind. Writing for New African Woman in the health section, working at the peer project at university, producing a health related movie, founding the Pink Butterfly Trust in Zimbabwe and many other ventures are evidence that I am not joking when I say, this is me. I cannot wait to learn how to go about this field. I am very excited. And I will come back and tell you more. My first day is tomorrow.



Its a new dawn. Its a new day. Its a new life and I'm feeling good!



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  1. UnknownJanuary 14, 2016 at 1:37 AM

    Congratulations on your wedding. All the best in the journey that lies ahead of you. Marriage is a good thing. All the best in your studies.

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