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My wedding day, eight years ago.
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At the birth of each of my children.
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Now. I’ve learned to adjust my expectations to reality better than when I was 20 or 10.
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I thoroughly enjoyed high school in Nairobi: it was before everybody had a camera on their phone. I experimented with fashion and hairstyles that I am glad I don’t have any record of.
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Most recently, when I was tobogganing in Italy.
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