Let’s just say that I started writing when my English teacher back in Saint Teresa’s primary school asked us to write a composition.
I especially enjoyed those that had a beginning and we had to create the rest of it. Often she would read out my compositions in class and that made my classmates eager to either see how much marks I had or even read.
When I went to form one, we had a writing competition dubbed the place of a child in the society. I registered, and every day I would sit in the library and gather information and by God’s grace I won first prize.
I then joined the journalism club, we would write articles and pin them on what we called the horn and mine were everyone’s favourite, they nicknamed me M.C. I would attend practically every event so that I would return to school and write a report to pin on the horn.
Fast forward, when I went to college, I started writing poems, I did so many of them but basically for fun and lost them along the way.
When I had my first heartbreak as a young adult, I wrote a book, about 200 pages, I called it the ‘Romantic Trap’. I took to my cousin he helped with editing but when he returned it to me, I did not know what to do with it, I stated giving friends to read; I lost the manuscript in the process.
For a while I did not do active writing but once in awhile I would get friends asking me to write tributes for them for their loved ones; this was and still is very humbling for me.
I was pushed many times to write a book by friends who followed my short stories on my Facebook page, they would insist that I was wasting my talent and should just put all the stories into a book. Some even suggested I start a blog but I think I did not believe in myself as much as they did me.
But in God’s appointed time, what should have happened will indeed happen. I got married and went through a very toxic relationship. I encountered financial, spiritual and emotional abuse. Through out my abuse I would write down my thoughts which included suicidal thoughts, I would tell my note book what I felt and then I would shred it.
When I eventually had the courage to leave, I became so bitter with life, God and my ex. I battled with this feelings for quite sometime, I moved from one church to another trying to belong, to naught. Then one day a voice whispered to me and asked me to forget my anger and identify anything I could be grateful for in all I was going through.
I begun to think of other women who might also be hurting like I was and I decided I had to tell my story both for me and for them.
It took me two years to write the chapters that touched on my relationship but when I did I could not stop but I was healed of my pain and bitterness, and when I was done, i had forgiven myself and my ex .
I realized that we all have a story, the only difference is what one is doing with theirs. Could there be a word in your story that could be someone else’s healing ,comfort ,peace? Could you be holding someone else’s breakthrough by keeping your story in the closet?
When I look back, I am thankful to God for giving me the strength to tell about me. I believe He reminded me only that which He intended me to tell about. I am thankful for the people my story has strengthened or comforted. Forgiveness does not mean restoration; forgive and let God work it out for you, whichever way He finds fitting.
The title Nurse on the run is based on my personal life experiences. I have battled 24 years of chronic pains without a definite diagnosis during which I moved from one Hospital to another but God has had me in the palms of His hands.
The fact that I moved from one church to another looking for a sense of belonging and not fitting, made me feel like one who was on a run without an end. I love nursing and nursing fulfills me, I will identify as a nurse in most of my doings, I could not leave it out
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Nurse Chhristine is not only a great writer but she is a living example of her writing. Not only entertaining but they touch on real people and experiences. Looking forward to the next book.
Thank you John
Christine Kinyua… A nurse on the Run indeed.. keep up the awesome work and well utelised gift.
All the best Girl🙏🙏
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Christine Kinyua… A nurse on the Run indeed.. keep up the awesome work and well utelised gift.
All the best Girl🙏🙏
Nurse on the run is a game changer, has .played a role of mentorship in my life… that raising again is a possibility…
A book to help through generations…
I have read about Nurse on the run by Christine kinyua and I can testify here that my life has changed through her journey of life. She has tought me how to walk strong and trusting that future is in the hand of the beholder. Thanks
Blessings