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February 3, 2019
Crawling towards a better ME

Crawling towards a better ME

People talk about glasses being half-full and half-empty. But what happens when you’re so lost that you can’t even see the damn glass? How do you, a thirty-three year old adult woman, re-wire your thoughts to make forgiveness a reflex?

September 8, 2017
The pain that never goes away

The pain that never goes away

It happened three years ago, the first time I was cut up and opened; a small incision marked at the junction where belly meets pelvis, a set of hands pushed the right spot and then whoosh- out she came; my child, my daughter, the being that had been swimming in amniotic bliss for the past …

September 8, 2017
I love your little fears

I love your little fears

You are done with nursery and have started school. Uniforms, ringing bells, rules; it’s a whole new ball game. Barely three days later , you fell sick. A week at home with the flu, television and mummy and now it’s time to go back. You wake up grumpy and don’t want to get dressed. I …

why my libido is not my best-friend anymore

why my libido is not my best-friend anymore

August 9, 2017

Note: Reader discretion advised You still want to go on ? Ok don’t say I didn’t warn you… So I’ve been putting off talking about the topic of sex for a while. Partially because I may have forgotten what it actually is, but mostly for the fear of scandalizing you poor souls out there. But …

August 9, 2017
I will always be crazy

I will always be crazy

When you were born and bundled into my arms, I looked at your tiny face, fingers and toes and worried that you were underweight. At four months, I sat like a hawk, watching and waiting for the first roll. The milestone app said you were supposed to start rolling at four months- roll dammit! Four …

August 9, 2017
beauty lies in the eye of the teddy-holder

beauty lies in the eye of the teddy-holder

Little Ri has outgrown all the baby proofing controls installed at home. Like a little chimpanzee she observes how we bypass them and then systematically begins to decimate their purpose. Drawers are being opened, stools being carried around to reach higher sources of fragile objects. Suddenly the sky is the limit for her and she’s …

August 9, 2017
Bali with baby

Bali with baby

Bali. I’d been planning this baby-free vacation with the hubster for months. Sun, sand, cocktails and most importantly – no baby. Arrangements had been made to deposit her with my parents and swoooosh… I’d be off on a jet plane to an island where all I had to worry about for six days was myself …

August 9, 2017
Only a mother

Only a mother

The alarm buzzes at 4am. I have a flight to catch at 7:30. I snooze and curl back up under the sheets. My mother comes and pokes me. “What do you want to eat for the flight?”  I’ve had four very restless hours of sleep on a lousy mattress. Groggily I tell her that I …

Why mothers need a trophy… everyday

Why mothers need a trophy… everyday

August 9, 2017

I deserve a trophy. Actually all mothers do. One made with the world’s finest chocolate and filled with expensive champagne, preferably connected to a portal with a bottomless pitcher that permits automatic replenishment once drained. Why you ask. Because of the crap we have to put up with. And sometimes that’s in the literal sense. …

You

You

August 9, 2017

You’re two now. A little girl with a growing heart. Slides at the park scare you but you try your best to conquer them, climbing in the opposite direction, so you don’t see how high you’re going. Nothing gives you more joy in the world than chocolate pudding. Not even mom and dad. Peas, pomegranate …

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