Re:My friend Sophie

I met Sophie a decade ago @ Reef hotel, Mombasa. She came to support her friend who was playing a friendly volley ball game with my group. I was not interested in playing, but I decided to sit close to the beach and watch the game instead. Next to me I saw a young lady. I smiled, and she smiled back. How we began the conversation, I don't remember. In less then an hour we shared so much that we made plans to go shopping in town. Since Sophie is from Mombasa, she took me around, and helped me bargain for the best prices. This was all new to me since in Namibia most places I shopped their prices are fixed. We traveled all over Mombasa downtown, and visited the internet cafe, few tourists places paying the local fees. We talked about studying in the US a lot. She invited me to her house in Diani beach beach which was a bit far from the hotel I lived in. I gave her a silly excuse because I was scared to go. She told her entire family about me, and they all liked me even though they didn't get to meet me. Before I left Mombasa, her mom sent me beautiful Kitenges. I returned to Mombasa 10 months later, and this time I went to meet her mom, one of her sisters and her brother. This was my first time in a ferry (great experience). When I returned to Namibia, we kept in touch, and we all end up going to the States. Below is Sophie, me with my kids, her youngest sister, her mom, and her other sister. They all came to visit us in Nairobi last year September. I'm looking forward to seeing Sophie again this month.