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Category Archives: family things
Inventiveness. My Kid Gets Ten Points For It.
We’re all familiar with the concept of Show and Tell, right? Of course we are. It’s simple. It happens at school, and there’s a theme and the kids have to talk about the theme and show something related to the … Continue reading
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Tagged bad mommy, growing up, growing up is hard to do, heart, heart things, how to make a smart girl feel dumb, inspiration, life in south africa, life things, love things, parenting, photos, realisations, school, The Kid, working
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On How It Was Supposed To Be Easier Than This
Nothing can ever be easy. Nothing can ever just work the way it’s supposed to. You know – meet guy, fall in love, get married, buy a house and then have babies together. No. I met the guy, fell in … Continue reading
I’ve Found Someone I’m Happy To Share Everything With. Including Cooties.
As I sit in the heaving doctor’s waiting rooms, coughing my lungs out and wondering whether I’ve got a touch of the plague, I have to take the time to consider how I got here. As cheeseballs as it sounds, … Continue reading
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On My Kid And Malapropisms
“Hey, mom. I can speak Vuvuzela*” my 5year old son said to me the other day. “Oh, really?” said I. “Yes.” he replied. “Sawubona Nkosazane”, he says proudly. “See, mom? I can speak Vuvuzela.” Yes, my boy. Your Vuvuzela is … Continue reading
On Five Months Of Non-Smoking
It’s been 5 months and 1 day since I threw away a half-full box of cigarettes and made the decision to quit. It wasn’t “at the end of this box” or on a certain date or point in the lunar … Continue reading
It Wasn’t Really Real Before
We still haven’t bought anything baby-related. I think this was because we were both secretly hoping that the gynae was wrong at our last appointment, and that suddenly, the boy-bits would turn into girl-bits. Unfortunately that didn’t happen. It was … Continue reading
The Weekend: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Stadium security guard to me: what kind of pregnant lady goes to a rock show? Me to stadium security guard: the kind that bought her tickets before she fell pregnant. As you can see, I didn’t take any pictures of … Continue reading
On How Fast It’s All Changing
Dear Kid, Last Thursday it was your first day at your new school. Just thinking about it, five days later, makes me teary all over again. It feels like such a big fat cliche to say that it feels like … Continue reading
On Boys. The One I Have, That’s Going To Be A Brother
The Kid is 5. Before we knew we were having another boy, he desperately wanted a big brother. While he doesn’t understand exactly how it all works, he definitely has said some really adorable things about being a brother, lately. … Continue reading
Pregnancy. Version 2.0
It’s been at least 5 years since my last pregnancy – enough time to forget just about everything, except the heinous morning sickness. It has its ups and downs. I’m about half-way now and it’s bound to get even more … Continue reading
