Dear Lucy,
I just read the email announcing the birth of your child and the passing of
your mother. Somehow it is as if the two events combine into a larger
meaning than we may be aware of: Your mother, your guardian angel, waiting
for the safe arrival (kufika) of your child, and then moving on to join the
ancestors. Please accept my sympathy as well as my rejoicing.
Be well.
Prof. Daniel Kunene.

At 06:44 AM 5/14/02 -0500, you wrote:
>It is unusual that one has to announce a birth and a death in the
>same message. Early in the morning on May 5, Lucy Mkandawire gave
>birth to a healthy baby boy named Tafika-Kenan Joshua ("tafika" is
>Chichewa for "we have arrived). Just four days later, on Thursday,
>May 9, Lucy received word of her mother's passing. Lucy, who is from
>Malawi, just joined UW-Madison as a graduate student in Nursing at
>the beginning of this semester in January. Lucy can be reached at
>233-1257 or via e-mail at <[log in to unmask]>.
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>Anita H. Makuluni
>6702 Park Edge Drive
>Madison, WI 53719-2226
>(608) 298-0702
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