Tag: family
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How I survived the great rugby battle in the desert
When Joe flipped on the telly to catch the rugger, I thought “Great! I can do rugby! I have a favourite team. I’ve live-tweeted the Rugby World Cup, and I’ve even watched my team, the Stormers, live at Newlands, from a box, nogal!
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The sweet pain of trying to catch up with your teen
Parenting rattles you. We spend the first few years desperately trying to provide the most nurturing foundation for life. Then, seemingly overnight, we’re flung into the world of the tweens, and almost everything we were supposed to hold on to, we must let go of.
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Keep Your Hands Off My Christmas Tree!
‘What? That’s my tree! Hold it right there, you monster!’ I shrieked at him. ‘What kind of man gives away his woman’s Christmas tree?’
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Your happy holiday guide to stressing less this festive season
Online or on paper, you can be sure that around this time of the year there are a bazillion permutations of the following story: “How to survive the holidays.” In fact, I should probably confess upfront that I’ve written some of those articles myself.
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How a Secret Santa Solved All My Christmas Gift Worries
I think it’s a dark art, matching people with things they didn’t know they didn’t need until you gave it to them.
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9 Bold & Brave Ways to Make the World a Less Scary Place
I’ve been medicated for anxiety for over a decade, and I have always been pretty impressed by my handle on the issue. But pack on the immediacy and hopelessness of the world outlook at the moment, and even my anti-depressants are faltering.