I think we all were a bit disappointed when it turned out that my sweet lovely maid Mesia was as far from fluffy, chubby and barefoot you can get. But still she’s a master in cooking and baking and for sure is great company 
Overall women were disappointingly slim or at least not very fluffy…
You also know by know that being fat and big is beauty in Tanzania and that I never ever will get compliments for my giant over nourished body shape 
I wonder if snorting, inhaling or shooting peanut butter would help at least a bit?
Anyway there are big gorgeous women and one of my absolute favourite ladies is Benita. Benita is not only a worker at diaconical centre she is also a jolly member of my choir and a mama, of course! And I guess I share my admiration for her with all local men still luckily unaware of western anorectic influences, still believing a big fat woman is someone to trust 8)
Benita is a lovely woman always smiling and laughing and very shortly after my arrival in Tandala we developed our own greeting ritual, as I have with like the whole village by now…
Normally you start gently with the Kikinga greeting: ”Mapembero” followed by the “Mapembero vavene” and then move on to the Swahili greetings of morning and how everything is from yourself to your house, the colony’s farm and everything else, which can take some time before you can move on to whatever you really want to share. But here you have nothing else but time so it doesn’t really matter
But Benita and I skipped the Swahili part and instead I roared with warmth and laughter: “Benita, you gorgeous woman!” with the stress on gorgeous. And Benita always answered with a big happy smile and hugged me. And I tell you that is a hug both worth dying for and dying of!
Being hugged by this absolute gorgeous woman is the best comfort you can have, because sandwiched in her bosom makes everything disappear besides some wisps of your hair It would make a perfect cartoon strip! Just picturing me completely surrounded by the body of Benita with only some blond wisps visible blowing in the morning breeze… And for sure picturing Benita with blond bosom hair is an even better cartoon strip 
And it also makes you fully aware exactly where your ribs and rest of your anatomy is. Gosh I had no idea you could get bruised of caring 
Benita you gorgeous woman, ninakukumbuka sana!
