On Mother’s Day this year we bought some tickets for a Cincinnati Reds game since my mother-in-law’s favorite baseball team is the Cincinnati Reds, and with all the craziness in the past few years she has not been able to go to a game. It was an experience for me too since it was my very […]
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We got an invitation from one of my friends to attend her traditional wedding ceremony and her dress code was traditional clothing. The plan was to find my husband a kilt since he is of Irish and Scottish descent, but it didn’t make it on time, so we decided to have him wear west African
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Grant is one great wine lover. Back in 2019 I took him to a winery for a tasting, he was so happy but also asked me why I chose a vineyard when I don’t even drink, I replied saying “I did this for you, not for me.” Last Thursday he told me about a nearby
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The last time I played basketball was back in 2006 with my sister Nina. Playing basketball was the one and only one thing my mom encouraged me to do. She would say that because I am super tall it would be perfect for me. I played for about a year and gave up because I
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One of the coolest feelings that you can feel is hearing a song in a language you grew up speaking being played in a country where they do not speak that language. I like having my husband driving us around downtown while we are drinking something like coffee or milkshakes, I call them ride dates
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Meet the squad (from right to left): The quiet sassy/don’t try me, Sis Nina.The planner/the mastermind, Me. The GPS/comedian, Antoinette. The accommodation specialist/shangazi, Josephine. And finally, the guest, Marlene aka grandma(She asked if she could be a part of our next girls trip and I said that she could join us). It all started when
Last Saturday, April 16th, marked three years since our very first date. A lot of people ask me how we met, I briefly talked about it few days after our wedding, but today I will be going into some details. My girls and I normally meet up once a month and go somewhere. On April
Best Breakfast I had Grant eat what I call the best breakfast anyone could ask for. Anyone from Burundi, Congo, or Rwanda knows what I am talking about. People who are not from those countries are probably reading those words and wondering “what is she talking about?” Alright, let me get into explaining the best
Grant recently started taking Swahili classes with Rafiki Center. Why? I guess because I am not good at teaching him also he is just like me, he is so good at teaching himself(I taught English myself, but that’s a story of another day) and Swahili seems to be easier for him than Kirundi or Kinyarwanda.
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Today I told my mom a secret I have kept for years. I was on a conference call with my brothers and my mom (we have conference calls almost every day, you must wonder what do we talk about on a daily basis, a majority of the time is just roasting each other like any
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