Category: Starting a Family
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You don’t have to be chicken to live here, but it helps
I come from a long line of pavement specials, so there is no ancestral home and definitely no family crest. But if there’s one bird that deserves to be on our family crest, when we eventually get around to tracing our roots, it should be the cheeky chicken.
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The lessons the oracle taught me about life, survival, & phuthu pap
She was preparing our meal for that afternoon, a humble dish of phuthu pap (crumbed pap) and maas. The maas was a product of milk she got from her cows which she fermented. This was one of my favourite meals, growing up.
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How I’m learning to love routine & change the look on my face
According to a friend, I have the most spectacular RBF (Resting Bitch Face) he’s ever seen. He hadn’t come across the term until I introduced him to it one day at work.
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The maverick journey of Marianne Thamm, storyteller, standup comedian, and bearer of witness
A candid and illuminating chat about life on the frontline, touching as well on the joys and challenges of motherhood, her sideline career as a standup comedian, and the reasons why she always finds herself drawn back to South Africa, the land of infinite stories.
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The secret of life is learning to find the rhythm in the routine
I’d hit my rhythm. Quality time. Morning walks are an essential part of this. They don’t always happen or even happen at the same time, but they do always produce a beating heart that seems more tuned into the life I want to live.
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A journal of my ever-changing life, from sweet 16 to now
Looking back on my quest for independence, I realise it’s not quite the straight path I envisioned. If the ultimate goal is total independence, I’m not doing terribly well. It’s not as simple as all that, though.
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Oh, grow up! Sam Beckbessinger’s adults-only guide to managing your money
Who exactly is Sam, and how did she learn the secrets of staying solvent, and maybe even building some wealth, merely by acting your age?
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Why August is such a grumpy month, & how to fix it
There is only one topic I am ever interested in addressing during this month of women gathering over champagne breakfasts. It is the understanding and appreciation of femininity.
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The lessons my daughters are teaching me about letting go of fear
The 19-year-old can drive. She goes out with her friends and disappears for hours on end. And it’s not exactly empty nest syndrome, because she still lives at home, but there’s a definite separation that’s happened.
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The year away from home that changed my life & changed my game
In the quest for independence, is it not amazing how we all wish our lives away? Oh so eager to leave home, so we can make decisions sans parental “Interference”. Yet hindsight tells us how good those carefree, decision-free times actually were.