Wow Essie! The years continue to buzz by! I often think of you through smiles and laughter and other times through tears! You would be 53 today! You should see your grown up babies! Heaven will be sweeter! Can’t wait for that grand reunion! Soooooo much to catch up on! Sleep Sweet until then!

Happy birthday in heaven sissy

How is it 7 years while it feels like yesterday? You are missed

Happy birthday sissy ❤️

Jan 18 will remain a sad day for the rest of my time on this earth. It is on this date (6 years ago) that my dear friend and sister Essie checked out. Wow!! I do look forward to that city you dreamed of, Jerusalem, where we will forever be with Jesus!! No more pain, no sickness, no tears, no death! I can’t wait to catch up with you! Thankfully, we will have all of eternity cause there is just so much. Missing you as always. You should see your babies! Sasha is a mini you, yet Neil looks just like you! They are both such wonderful teenagers. You would be so proud of them. I am so proud of them in your behalf.

Forever in our hearts,
Ada

Oh Essie, today you would have been half a century old! Wow! Truly gone too soon my beautiful sister/friend! Covid19 is currently running us ragged! Heaven will be brighter and more beautiful because of you! I miss you so much! You should see your babies! Neil looks just like you but so does Sasha! Beautiful babies! Sleep well dear one until Jesus calls your name!

Essie,
It was exactly 5 years ago today, on a chilly Monday morning just like today, 2 days before my birthday that my sister Amy called me with the news! Saddest news ever! I couldn’t believe my ears! So I sent you a text on WhatsApp as if that would wake you up and force you to respond! Silence! No response! That was it! You were gone! How could it be?

It’s been just surreal since then! I think of you often with a smile, a tear, a laugh, or a new ‘secret’ to share! But it’s all in my mind and heart! You don’t know a thing about it just like this message I’m writing!

Your babies have grown so beautifully and Neil is your copyright with Sasha a close second! They are doing very well; Wykee has done a great job!

I’m struggling to write all this so just know I MISS YOU and looking forward to spending eternity with you...in that new Jerusalem you always sang about!!

Dear Essie,

Today would be your 49th birthday! It’s hard to believe you exited so young, before 50!

Many people think I’m a bit crazy to keep remembering you by writing in present tense....I know the dead know nothing! I’m a proper ‘Adwen’ who fully understands the ‘state of the dead!’ This is for me as I continue to process your permanent absence from this earth as we know it!

I was hoping to be in Kenya today and hopefully meet up with your babies just so I feel you close. But coronavirus/COVID19 has grounded everything as it changes life gong forward! It will be 10 years since Mama dies on April 18, hence also/mainly why I was planning to be at home/Kenya..to commemorate the amazing, beautiful woman she was. That’s not happening now!

I just wanted to pause and remember your ambition, beauty, drive, creativity, generosity, and everything that made you Essie! I miss you!

Sleep my dear friend, till Jesus calls your name on that resurrection morning!

Ada

Dearest Essie,

Four years on today and it still seems difficult to accept that you are gone! gone! gone! I miss you more than I know how to articulate at times. I almost wish we would have known that your life on this earth would end so soon....we would have definitely made more days count, more special moments, more unique memories!

I guess it remains a painful, stark reality that ‘life is fickle!’ We don’t know how soon or how suddenly it can be gone! Wow!

I remember your last favourite statement was ‘Eat life with a big spoon!’ You died two days before my birthday so your anniversary always reminds me just to do that...Eat life with a HUGE spoon!

Your babies have grown into such beautiful young people. Neil is so tall and handsome and such a gentleman! Sasha with her gentile beauty....a splitting image of YOU! If only you could see them now! Wykee has done a good job!

Well, I wish you were around! There is so much ‘life’ that has happened! I find it difficult to travel home nowadays cause two of my most beautiful souls are no longer there to receive me..You and Mama!!

I look forward to heaven! We have a lot to catch up on. Rest Gorgeous Girl! Rest!

Dearest Essie,
Today would be your 48th Birthday. You are definitely gone way too soon.
I was recently in Kenya in time for Sasha’s 12th birthday!! My goodness, she is growing into YOU!! Beautiful! Courteous! Gracious! Elegant! Eloquent!!
I sat next to her at Java as we celebrated and was a bit spooked! She looks just like you! Her uncle Thomas was around too. It was a special moment in so many ways but boy did I miss you!!
I few days earlier, I had finally managed to go to your grave. How poignant! How sad!
I guess I’ll never stop missing you! But this gives me more reason to keep ‘dreaming of that city- Jerusalem’.....as your favourite song says!
Rest in Peace Beautiful! See you in that City.

Still very had to believe that you are gone. It’s going to 3 yrs and it’s still so fresh. 
Remember the calls you used to give me encouraging me especially when Nessy joined strathmore and I was lost. Nyamum, you are greatly missed.

Dearest Essie,
It’s been 3 years today since I tried to call you when my sister Amy sent me a message that she had heard Essie had died!! I wanted you to confirm as irrational as it sounds! Death of such a young, vibrant, beautiful individual and friend is truly irrational.
I thank God for giving Wykee the strength and means to continue bringing up your children as you would have liked. You would be so proud. Neil just started Secondary school! Sasha has accomplished so much in the last couple years. We see a lot of ‘You’ in both of them.
Rest as we await that grand reunion in that city that you dreamed of and that I am still dreaming of.
Wykee shared ‘your song’ this morning!! I’m dreaming of a city, far beyond the sun, when this suffering’s over, I’ll be home at last!!
I miss you dearly!

Essy trully missed death has denied me of a true friend who i only now know when you are gone your smile forever in my face My prayers for Wykee and the kids. God has been faithful Wykee has done a good job.
Till we meet again Osiepa I miss u

Esther, you're not forgotten fondly missed. Sleep in peace with the angels. Wykie and the kids miss you so much but we know you live amongst us in Spirit, Smile & Shine on in Heaven.

Esther, you reminded me that the value of true friendship is seldom known until it is lost. You were a true friend and your absence is missed dearly. However, the memories created last forever!! Hugs from Charlotte, until we meet again....

You always the life of the party... bringing warmth wherever you were.. always loving and caring.. truly missing you...

Sadly missed along life's way,
quietly remembered every day...
No longer in our life to share,
but in our hearts, you're always there.

The sorrow of the faithful
is not that of permanent loss,
but the tender sense of sadness
that comes in saying good-bye for now
to someone we love.
May today's sorrow give way
to the peace and
comfort of God's love.

There are no goodbyes for us.
Wherever you are, you
will always be in our hearts.

Those we love don't go away,
They walk beside us every day,
Unseen, unheard, but always near,
Still loved, still missed and very dear.


What moves through us is a silence, a quiet sadness, a longing for one more day, one more word, one more touch, we may not understand why you left this earth so soon, or why you left before we were ready to say good-bye, but little by little, we begin to remember not just that you died, but that you lived. And that your life gave us memories too beautiful to forget.

Darling Esther, till we meet again!

My fellow Mom in arms from Shani through to Consolata. I miss you. I thank God for your babies....saw Neil last week and his smile tugged at my heart...I saw you...while in Sasha I am reminded of your poise and grace. Rest well beautiful Esther.xo

Essie, I MISS YOU,
My mind knows you are in a better place where there is no pain, You are at peace, I understand that, I just wish I could explain it to my heart. There is an empty space in it that nothing will ever fill, I grieve but I know my tears are for me. We will be together again , until then my love will always be with you

Essy, its been two years and I am still trying to understand how this happened

Dearest Essie,

It’s hard to believe it’s been two years since you left a huge gaping hole in our hearts and lives!! Some days it still seems unreal. Your death is a constant stark reminder of how fickle life is and the only meaning in life comes from knowing our Creator who gives us the blessed, eternal hope.

I have finally started to accept that you are gone and the next time I see you will be in that land that never ends!!

You would be so proud of Neil and Sasha!! ‘Wykee’ as you called him misses you dearly but has done a fantastic job raising your ‘babies’!! You gave them a great foundation and it’s paying off now!

I miss you

My gate of memories with you will never close. ..how much i miss you no one knows. ...days will pass into years. ...And i will think about those special memories with silent tears ....not the ones that fall from my eyes...but the ones which fall from my heart and cover my soul....

May there always be an angel by your side ,and peace and Love in your soul.
                    Rest In Peace.

May the angels sing to you in the most joyous way. Happy birthday in heaven, my lovely sissy... I hope that this special day in heaven is truly incredible because we are sending you lots of hugs and love from here on earth..

Oh Essie,

Today would have been your 46th birthday!! What a poignant reminder of how 'you are gone too soon!' I finally managed to delete your number from my phone!! It's weird how hard it is to let go. I know the state of the dead and you cannot 'hear' me but I just wanted to think out loud as I remember a very dear friend and sister!!

If only you could see Neil and Sasha now!! Sasha looks so much like you!! Life is truly unpredictable! As I was deleting the last messages we exchanged, I couldn't help but notivevyour last WhatsApp profile status...'Eating life with a big spoon.' That's the way forward...make the most of life while we have it!!!

You remain in my heart and memory for always! Hope to meet you in 'forever'!! I miss you.

Esther is surely being missed. She was very loving and caring. My prayers are still with Wyckee and the kids. God bless you who are reading this... We look forward to the resurrection morning.

Dear Esther,
Your life was a treasure,
Your memory a treasure...
You are loved beyond words,
And missed beyond measure

Christ overcame death through His resurrection, rest in peace Esther we shall meet again at the feet of the Lord!

Death is so careless at times. Yours Essy was one such death! It was shocking, it was untimely, it was heartbreaking, it was disturbing. For sure, good people die but God reminds us to look forward to that morning when DEATH itself shall DIE. For now, rest Essy. It is well. Your prayers are still with your husband and babies.

Essie, God broke our hearts to prove to us he only takes the best.
Your golden heart stopped beating,
Hardworking hands at rest.
Those we love remain with us
For love itself lives on,
And cherished memories never fade
Even though a loved one is gone,
Those we love can never be
More than a thought apart,
For as long as there is memory,
They'll live on in the heart. RIP nyar suba!

Essie, you are irreplaceable, unforgettable, and will be forever missed!!

'Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no
one can steal.'

You remain in our hearts forever