Tag: Childhood
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The future I see when I look back at yester-me
Can we dream ourselves into who we have always wanted to be?
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I was a little girl in a flour-sack dress, but in my dreams, I soared
Sometimes, imagination can be the best escape.
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The lesson I learned on the day I jumped off a roof for a childhood dare
It was a leap of faith that opened my eyes to the power of change.
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Little by little, I’m conquering my OCD and taking back control of my life
My quest for order was a symptom of a greater need.
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The happy play-play world of my second childhood
If there’s one thing we need to learn from our children, it’s that play is serious business. And you shouldn’t have to grow out of it, just because you’re a grownup.
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What the Fresh Prince taught me about learning to love 2020
A sitcom hero’s vital lessons in getting by and making the most of change.
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The life-lesson I learned from my dad on the tennis court
NO. This cannot be happening. What is he wearing? Is he joking! How could he come to school. My school. My high school. In those clothes. I wanted that green surface to open up and swallow me with tennis racket and all.
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In Teaching me to Cook, My Mother Taught Me About Life
My mother taught me how to cook. When I was 10 years old, she stopped packing my school lunches and made me help her in the kitchen at night.
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Food is a Time Machine That Whisks Us Back to Our Childhood
The aroma of ghee or butter melting on a hot pan tends to take me to this place – my mother’s kitchen in Pietermaritzburg, on the days we didn’t have bread in the house when she’d make a stack of rotis, or in my father’s words: “hand-made bread”.