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  I Spy With My Little Eye Issue VI // March 2023 Happy birthday to you! 🎶 How old are you now? 🎶 "For me, I made 30." "I have 30 years now." This is the way I answer this question here; which is also a socially acceptable question to ask, as it should be. I don't understand why people want to hide their age in the western world... as if it changes anything. This year, my birthday came a week after a wisdom tooth removal, and was spent recovering from some complications. Not much celebrating went on that day, but it will come! Sam also had a tooth removed, along with other dental work, so we get to have some company in our misery. With the start of the new year, we also passed into a new season: hot/dry. There was a very welcome blessing of mosquitos going away, and we finally put away our thicker blanket, but then dust was everywhere. That's the trade off for the rainy season's mud. Feb 23: after nearly 2 months of excessive heat and dryness, we praye...
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  Once upon a time... Issue V // November 2022 In November 2021, I finished organizing my home, packing up my things and putting them into storage, selling my car, quitting my job, and saying my goodbyes to friends and family. I have reached one year in Uganda now, and I'm soon coming to one year for our wedding anniversary as well. As you can all imagine, this year has been a multitude of "firsts" and new starts - new country (not new to visit, but new to live), new home, new food, new transportation, new languages, new friends and family. Sam's family has wonderfully welcomed me, and I've been very happy to add a new mother, father, 10 siblings with their 3 spouses, and one nephew. We have our monthly family meetings, and it's a great occasion to hang out and catch up on how our lives are going. I didn't know that time could pass as quickly as this. When the seasons have wavered back and forth between rainy and dry for the past 12 months, it's hard t...
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