It's Medicinal

It’s Medicinal

April 6

Ednah is Nick’s older sister. She is a single mom and here in Kenya that’s not necessarily a good thing. She’s smart, funny, and caring of others. BUT this girl cracks me up every night we eat dinner.  As with most people they believe their country is the best, and Ednah is no different. However with Ednah it’s not necessarily the government is so great but rather it’s the foods that Kenyan’s eat.  To her everything in Medicinal and everything has properties that will heal what ever ails you.  She even tried to tell me that Ugali or African Cake is medicinal.  Now I’m not stupid so I know there is nothing medicinal about ugali. All it is is a corn type meal that is cooked so long and then you form it to look like a cake. It’s a basic staple food here, but there is no way that it’s medicinal by any stretch of the word

Tonight we basically had leftovers, which included rice with potatoes and mashed potatoes, ugali, and some greens. Now I’m not terribly fond of greens, and these were OK, not my favorite but I ate them. With the first bite, Ednah says, “you know, these greens are medicinal.”  It doesn’t matter what is on the table, to Ednah everything is medicinal. 

But then again i was told that drinking very cold water will make you cough. And that you can get a cold from being cold, which is false. I had to explain to Alice and Ednah that colds are from a virus, and virus’s are in the air we breath. In order to catch a cold you need to breath in the cold virus, and if you’re susepital to getting a cold you will.  Ednah’s daughter, Michelle, caught a pnenomah when she was a month old. Apparently she got very sick, so Ednah quit her job to take care of her daughter. She moved in with her Mom and now Michelle is a healthy little 7 month old. For some reason Ednah believes that Michelle will get sick again if she gets a little bit cold. Now I know that won’t happen unless Michelle has been exposed to some sort of sickness. Hopefully my telling Ednah that has helped some. Michelle is an adorable little girl. She’s so funny and makes faces to make you laugh.