Parenting

When it comes to change I find that I am fully resistant. I’m most comfortable in my comfort zone and this despite having always taught my children to try new things. The…

Last weekend I was like most other moms around the country, making sure I had some chocolate Easter treats for my kids and looking forward to spending time together on the upcoming…

As a mom I have read many things about raising kids over the years. But one of them which has stuck with me is that children don’t say, “I had a bad…

As a mom raising children in South Africa I had expected to face the many challenges that our country presents.  I’ve tried to protect them as much as I can from the…

I wrote this a few weeks back, during the week that broke our hearts and left us feeling like there was little hope. It’s Heritage Day today, and it seemed like a…

A little while ago we went away on a family holiday to the Berg. I’ve often heard it said that “each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks…

Christmas this year with my two kiddies was magical. Ethan’s first Christmas last year he was way too small to understand any of what was going on, but this year he was…

My husband was pretty upset yesterday morning when on the way to school my daughter told him that all he ever does is moan at her. He messaged me once he had…

From the moment my children entered this world there has been nothing more important to me as a mother than to keep them safe. That saying from Elizabeth Stone that says “making…

Chances are that if you’re a mom or a dad you’ve been in the trenches before. It may have been when illness popped into your house for a visit, but then seemed…