Author: Nonkululeko Britton
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Is work-life balance the ultimate science fiction fantasy?
There must be easier ways to manage than implanting a microchip.
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Let’s hear it for those friends who can light up your darkest day with a call
True friends, the kind who make you feel like family, are worth holding on to, even as you follow your separate paths over the years.
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The day I met the 101-year-old ancestor who forever changed my life
I can compare the experience to a Xhosa tradition called imbheleko, when a new-born baby is introduced to their ancestors for the first time.
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What farming the land is teaching me about learning to let go
Between uncertainty and faith, lies the promise of a better season.
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There’s a special place I go to hit Pause on the noise in my life
Why working in a garden takes you back to your roots.
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How I’m putting down roots for the future on our little family farm
Between the vegetable garden and the livestock pens, a family invests in the prospects of a brighter tomorrow.
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I am who I am because of other women
Not many girls could claim that they were raised by a community of women.
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I am who I am because of other women
Even in the toughest of times, their love and nurturing brought hope and order into a young girl’s life, and helped to transform into a proud and independent woman
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The gold-rush warrior woman who taught me the secrets of financial freedom
Abandoned by her husband, she was left to fend for herself and her two young children.
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Let’s hear it for those friends who can light up your darkest day with a call
True friends, the kind who make you feel like family, are worth holding on to, even as you follow your separate paths over the years