Something joyful happened to us this week which makes me very grateful to be alive with this miracle little boy of mine right now. Nicky has been riding his balance bike for years and has been whizzing around on it very well. He seems to have mastered the balance part but we never really got to … [Read more...]
A trip to PE
They say that visiting the place where you grew up is an excellent way to see how you have changed. Port Elizabeth is the place of my childhood and my family home. I have nothing but good memories of my childhood. But it is that: childhood. Children don't have to make adult decisions. They are … [Read more...]
23 June: One year on from the stroke
Today marks one year since my husband had the fatal stroke that, three and a half months later, ended his life. It's a good time to do a bit of reflection on the year that was. In some ways things stay the same. I'm in the same job, living in the same house and Nicky is going to the same … [Read more...]
Nicky’s 7th birthday Star Wars Lego Party
We had a special celebration for Nicky on his 7th birthday. Nicky has been playing a lot of Star Wars Lego Xbox games lately and watching some of the movies too. So we decided to have a Star Wars Lego party. In the lead up to his birthday Nicky was really not well. He was a snot nosed feverish … [Read more...]
A Rainy Rand Easter Show
I hope all of you had a lovely Easter weekend. It's good to have some time off. My mom has been here for a few days and it's been good to spend time with her and catch up on family news (she has just come back from the States visiting my sister). Unfortunately she had an awful trip back with too … [Read more...]
Life, Lizards and Ladybugs
This week as I turned another year older I had a chance to reflect on a few things and observed a few bugs too. My theme at school these past few days has been bugs and I've had some fun putting together art for the week, particularly some egg carton bees and worms made with sticks. For … [Read more...]
How to get through the hard times of infertility with Tertia
Today I am thrilled to be interviewing Tertia Loebenberg Albertyn on my blog. She is a huge inspiration to me. I read her book "So Close" while going through infertility. Although this blog is less about infertility and more about widowhood now, there's a common thread here: how do you get through … [Read more...]
The ebb and flow of life
Today I went to an event to showcase the Happos (a cartoon about a blue family of Hippos on Boomerang) but it was at a water park and it was as I was floating down a waterway that it got me thinking a bit about life lately. The Happos are really cute by the way. They live in a safari park but … [Read more...]
Playing the cards you are dealt
This past weekend I've been playing a few games with Nicky. It's probably the luck of the draw what you land up in these games but the important thing is how you use what you've got. I've been musing a bit about this after playing some games with him. The first game we played is Monopoly. This … [Read more...]
My word for 2019: TRUST
What do you do if your future is unwritten? If you make some tentative plans but aren't quite sure how the whole thing is going to pan out? If you're somewhat stuck, but wanting to be unstuck too? It all comes down to trust, my friends. Trusting that God has the best plan, even if I might not be … [Read more...]