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Here’s the funny thing about having a baby. Either you go into labour, or you’re forced into a c-section, or you happily decide to have your baby cut out, or…

Welcome back to my favourite series! I’m glad that you’re back to read the next installment.  Here are the other ones in case you want to catch up. Here’s a…

Is it weird that I have a whole series but never thought to include myself in it?  Maybe not, but truthfully I’m waiting for more people to get back to…

What a week. I feel like we are finally emerging from a constant state of high alert.  Both girls had an awful virus that resulted in massive temps and vomiting.…

In case you’ve missed it, we’ve started a new series that will pop up here on the blog every Friday. Recently I have been inundated with content about racism in…

In case you’ve missed it, we’ve started a new series that will pop up here on the blog every Friday. Recently I have been inundated with content about racism in…

In case you’ve missed it, we’ve started a new series that will pop up here on the blog every Friday. Recently I have been inundated with content about racism in…

In case you’ve missed it, we’ve started a new series that will pop up here on the blog every Friday. Recently I have been inundated with content about racism in…

In case you’ve missed it, we’ve started a new series that will pop up here on the blog every Friday. Recently I have been inundated with content about racism in…

In case you’ve missed it, we’ve started a new series that will pop up here on the blog every Friday. Recently I have been inundated with content about racism in…

Good Friday seems like a good day to start a new series.  It just feels right.  So that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Recently I have been inundated with…

One thing that I have learned through parenting three children over the last 5 (almost 6) years, is that you should NEVER, ever acknowledge that you have triumphed in a…

Every Sunday night was the same…  We’d go to church and then to our best friends place (or they’d come to ours) and we’d have an easy supper.  It was…

When I pictured our first day of school I prepared for the worst. I envisioned children that had unbrushed hair, mismatched clothes and questionable status on teeth brushing to be thrown…

Before I became a Mom I hardly felt guilty about anything. I used my time as I liked.  Sleeping half of it away and spending the rest of it with…

So remember when that wall just jumped out of nowhere while I was leaving my parking garage and I scraped my car so badly that I cried all the way…

I was going to call this post “The Time I Cut My Boobs Off”, but I don’t know if that really tells the story properly. You see, as with most…

There was a time (just a few years ago) where I could direct you to the closest baby changing facility in any shopping mall in Cape Town. I could also…

The other morning I was frantically throwing cereal into bowls and spilling milk all over the counter (as it made it’s way into the microwave to be warmed up), while…

If I can give you any advice about going to do a skin allergy test is that you shouldn’t do it. The second bit of advice is that if you’re…

There was a time in my life when I used to be scared of being alone at home with my kids.  Every moment, from the time I got home at…

It was just another day for us. Me clutching both girls by the hand, reigning both of them from trying to hop into the road while trying desperately to miss…

Sometimes I sit and stare at the blinking cursor for what feels like hours.  Thoughts swirling around in my head, a few make it to the keyboard only to be…