after dating for just over a year. My sister approved of her the first time they met, and that meant a lot to me. The only apparent challenge was our respective Christian faiths – Pentecostal and Catholic— but our love for each other and the reasonableness of both families enabled us to overcome that hurdle. Sean was born on 7 July 2005, after a year of marriage. We had no time to spare. Even though I was a PhD candidate with limited funds, I couldn’t help but shop for cool clothes and shoes for my boy. Freda and I were schooling, working, and parenting at the same time. I really enjoyed bonding with my baby boy that summer inMichigan while Freda worked. It was an exciting and stressful period, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything else. That was the genesis of Freda and I becoming a formidable tag team. Freda and Joe Bee (Traditional Wedding 2004) Freda and Joe Bee(2016) 33
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