My life has not been in vain. My pain became a path. My voice became a shelter. My existence has allowed others to exist with less fear.
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To all the amazing young artists of Gihanga: you are an inspiration. Let us continue this great work with positive energy and hope to end HIV.
This is for every person who has been told their life depends on a pill — then made to feel guilty for needing it.
Sometimes I think of telling my son about my status, but it's not easy.
We have to learn not to entertain negativity in our lives, because misery loves company and we can't give them that much energy.
Your fellow human beings can turn into your Judas Iscariot at any moment in this lifetime. Having friends who are pretenders and when a situation changes, immediately they switch you off.
Through the hospital visits, the medication changes, the frustrations, the prayers, the tears — I am still here. I am smiling as I write this blog post.
Your life may be so noisy, so dark, trying to figure out how you got to that part. Walking back and forth wondering if you're coming or going.