Tag: family
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The miracle app that brought our locked-down family together
Bridging memories and generations, WhatsApp is the great connector.
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Happiness is a small town where everyone says hello
How life changes when you leave the stresses of the big city behind.
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It’s my first Father’s Day, and my joyfully upside-down world will never be the same
There’s a brand-new little being in my life, and she’s forever changed who I am and how I see the world.
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Pineapples, Port Alfred, and My Sweet Memories of uTata
Life is a road trip that always leads you home.
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The toughest lesson I learned from home-schooling my child
Working from home isn’t easy, when you’re schooling from home too.
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Nianell, the little girl from Omaruru who sang her way to the moon & back
Sonia Nel, growing up in the little town of Omaruru in Namibia, was just six years old when she heard her destiny calling.
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Could you raise your children in the Great Karoo?
Here’s what it takes to leave the Big City and join the Karoobewoners.
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My Zen Master has curly golden hair & a wet nose
Every dog, in its come-what-may doggedness, has a lot to teach us mere humans about the art of living in the here and now.
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The day I found out that parenting is a piece of Beer Box cake
Whether it’s guava fights in the garden or mom’s angry-vacuuming, children learn best when they learn by example.
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What I’m learning from my teen about thriving under lockdown
It isn’t easy adapting to a world where everything has changed and nothing will ever be the same. But the generation whose lives are being redefined by the pandemic have much to teach us rethinking, relooking, and resilience.