Category: Making a Home
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Tumisho Masha on Loss, Life and new Love
Change is hard, but it is often the catalyst that brings about exciting opportunities and new love. Actor Tumisho Masha’s life changed from being a happily married father of a beautiful daughter to divorced, single and financially stretched. He shares his incredible journey of losing a partner, living with his parents and finding love again.…
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The big move that made me learn to love my imperfect self
What do you see when you look in the mirror, above and beyond the image of who you are? Sometimes, what you see can be a revelation, especially if you’re in the middle of a move that is changing the way you live your life
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I still love you, rugby, even if I don’t know who’s playing who this weekend
It’s not you, rugby, it’s me. What will it take to put that old spark back in our relationship, now that the dazzling days of the World Cup are just a distant memory?
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When the going gets tough, the stuff gets going
We could all do with a little less of the odds and ends that clutter up our daily lives, but is the Marie Kondo way a real solution or just a fleeting fad? There’s only one way to find out…
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Farewell, Milhaus, my best rugby-watching buddy
Loyal, easygoing, and patient, he was proof positive that humans aren’t alone in their dogged pursuit to find meaning in the bounce of the odd-shaped ball
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Love is a gift that lives in my garden
It’s a place to sit and contemplate, to dwell on memories of loved ones and days gone by. But more that, the handmade wooden bench in the garden is a symbol of the healing power of love
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How a little half-brick house slowly stole my heart, even if I still hate the tiles in the kitchen
Choosing a new home can be an exercise fraught with frustration, but sometimes, tick-by-tick on your checklist, the right home chooses you
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This Valentine’s, sweety angel pie, I’m taking a sabbatical from love
Love makes the world go round and round and round, but if all that spinning makes you dizzy, it’s time to slow down and take a well-deserved break from the emotion that sets the heart in motion
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Why I had to leave home to learn to love my big, beautiful, messy, curly hair
In a society that views curly hair as something that needs to be set straight, keeping your curls is not just a political act, it’s a call to a revolution. Here’s a hair-raising tale of change, emigration, and liberation, at long-last, from the tyranny of lock-shaming As a new mom, I remember thinking that I…
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How I learned that moving home is like moving two hearts into one
It’s often said to be one of the biggest sources of stress in life, but if you approach it in the right way, for the right reasons, moving home can help to build stronger relationships between those who start over under a new roof