You may not know this, but I am a One Cow Woman.  I married a handsome guy from Rwanda.  Our wedding was here in Canada and very small, so I missed out on some of the rich cultural traditions surrounding Rwandese weddings.  One of those traditions is the giving of a cow. Recently, I mentioned [...]

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Today, my mom came for lunch.  I was so excited!  She’d come from Ontario, and I hadn’t seen her in a long time.  I was really looking forward to this visit, and I’d cooked and cleaned, eager to show off my new home.  Our first owned home!  Real milestone material here. Well, last night I [...]

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When it rains, it pours! But in a good way. They say that luck comes in threes. Well, freelance work comes in sixes and sevens! It’s fantastic, because it’s a much faster way to make money and it uses my writing skills. I’m always on the lookout for more freelance work. Well, I’m currently plowing [...]

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I cut my husband’s hair.  I’m quite proud of it, really, the fact that my husband trusts me with clippers.  Well, to be truthful, he does most of it himself, and I do the last cleaning up of the hair cut.  Well, last night, my husband and I were doing our joint effort on his [...]

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I woke up this morning feeling free!  The sun was shining in the window, my husband was still snoring, and my son was babbling away, trying to wake up his dad.  My surroundings have not changed, but something certainly has. I loved my single life in Toronto.  I loved that city!  I loved the energy, [...]

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I am about to preach again tomorrow.  Last time I preached the sky did not fall, so I agreed to preach again.  I have to admit, I am still rather nervous about it.  It has nothing to do with public speaking, which I thoroughly enjoy, and everything to do with motherhood.  But maternal freakouts aside, [...]

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