Tag: #LoveChange Competition
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And then there was Kayla
By Yolandie Horak Change Moment: Starting a family We were planning to travel. Destination: Ireland. We were already talking about it with friends, super excited about the prospects of a new country and new experiences. We’d been overseas the year before and touring London and Europe had been amazing, to say the least. We craved…
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Showing distance the middle finger
By Tamlyn Patterson Change Moment: Tying the Knot It was the day after the 2010 Fifa World Cup, Monday the 12th of July to be exact. We had gone big the previous night as did the entire universe and to make the hangover even worse, it was a Monday and typically it was mundane and…
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My surprise wedding!
On Saturday 5th July, my brother Lester celebrated his 40th birthday in heaven – his ninth one without us. I wanted to do something special on the day, so I took a few minutes at my gig to play a tribute to him. I made sure Mamma and Pappa were there: I was going to…
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How I wrote and self-published my first book
I had no intention of being an author. I was supposed to be Marketing Manager, I was working towards it. A challenge can give you a NEW name; you think I’m crazy, right? It’s quite amazing how life can throw you off one good path, so you can go onto an even better one. You…
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Guardian angel
Losing a child is one of the hardest things to go through as a parent and I would not wish it on my worst enemy, but i’m jumping the gun here, let’s start at the beginning. My husband and I got married on the 10th of August 2013. It was, as you would hope, the…
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Life unexpected
We had been planning on trying for a daughter and at our 12 week scan, we found out that it was a girl. We were both over the moon
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Growing small change
A year ago my girlfriend and I moved in together. We are both in our forties and the merger was quite well thought through. We took our time and found a tiny little house in our favourite suburb with a lovely garden. Quite naturally we started growing food. At first it was mostly herbs…
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The doula as witness
I love that I learn from every single birth I have the privilege to attend. Each family and each birth requires different things from me – different words, different actions, different energies. At times I stand by as a quiet presence, at other times I am in constant contact. Some moms prefer silence, while others…
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The other side of life
What is the meaning of life? I’ve asked this question many times and I’ve realised that the meaning of life is this… It is keeping the things that create meaning in my life and removing the ones that don’t. That thing that creates meaning should allow me to be the best person I can…