Hi, this is Mwende Says, a podcast by me Mwende Ngao on all things life. I know, I know, this has been a long time coming, but better late than never! It's April 2020 and we're living in unprecedented times. There's a pandemic that has killed thousands of people, decimated livelihoods and led to a global shutdown the likes of which we have never seen. Covid-19 is most likely far from contained, a vaccine is most likely more than a year away and we have a lot of enduring ahead of us as we continue to miss our friends and family due to social distancing, curfews and lockdowns, as we tighten our financial belts, some of us more than others, and as we face the possibility of getting sick, our loved ones getting sick, and well, the ever hanging cloud of death. I am in Nairobi, Kenya. So far we have a 7pm curfew, restaurants, bars, churches, schools are closed, big gatherings are outlawed and Nairobi is locked in. On this episode, I've asked a few family and friends to share their current realities and thoughts, so you'll hear that throughout the episode. I attempt to explore life, death and the care and grief in between and what it means to cling to joy.