Ganza, Darling.

Ganza, Kana ka Mama, Ganza. (*Rule, Child of My Mother, Rule*) … Love is an understatement. The whole village applauds your arrival.

Quick rundown of the characters on your maternal grandmother side. There is the Matriarch, she is a health freak. Eats raisins as snack, who even does that? (Then again -She does look 3 decades younger…) Your grandpa is a unique character. Very principled. Trust and believe, you will attend History Makers Training! Then comes your mother, (Vanity aside, my child, for vanity is not good). But sis was the “IT Girl” in this Atlanta. She had that star effect, that charisma, that “je ne sais quoi…” Which of course she used to her full advantage. She once tried to get your aunts to give her a lifetime supply of massages and I am not sure which persuasion method she used but all I know is, I lived with them when I first moved to America for Uni. and every time I looked, they were massaging her… They may try to deny, but I saw it with my own eyes Baby Ganza.

By the way, the youngest of your uncles will be a dentist by the time you can talk. At which time, your other aunty, love incarnate, Kunda- may very well be in Japan, judging by the rate at which she consumes the anime stuff.

I don’t fully know what those things are. Ask her. You have another aunty, she is a chic lawyer who loves to deny she was named after me. But, Facts are facts baby Ganza. Are they not?Her name is Ishimwe. My name is Ishimwe. Our mothers were sisters. She was born after me. By the way, your uncle the Pharmacist, takes the expression “Man of Few Words” to the extreme. Then again, he’d likely say I talk too much… Really Baby Ganza, to each their mouth. This is how racism was born. Man thinking their way of life is superior. What’s racism? Must be too soon, too young; we will try again next year… Your other aunt, my sister, is the epitome of brains and beauty. Plus, she gave birth to the coolest baby: Genga- who will soon teach you hide & seek. Oh… Me? Well, my child, some may say that I too, am a walking angel…

LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU! -Aunty Chouchou