In My Words

Comfort

January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 adminLife in South Africa

A search of the word “comfort” will tell you that it comes from the Latin word comfortare, which means “strengthen greatly.” A dictionary definition will tell you it means to ease the mood of or restore[…]

The writing is… on the mug!

January 6, 2021January 7, 2021 adminUncategorized

I would like to tell you that my days regularly start off with a warm, soothing cup of tea with a slice of lemon, as pictured. Sounds and looks idyllic, doesn’t it? But that’s not[…]

Steadfast

December 30, 2020January 5, 2021 adminLife in South Africa

I shared this picture on my WhatsApp status recently. It is a depiction of Goddess Durga who is revered in Hinduism for her powers of protection, her strength and her determination to overcome evil. “She[…]

Wear your scars

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 adminPoetry

I looked at my scars In the mirror today. I didn’t cringe, Or cry, Or feel angry. Even if I don’t see them, I feel them; As my finger slides across The slight ridges On[…]

Diwali Giveaway

October 2, 2020October 2, 2020 adminLife in South Africa

I have never been one to follow anything blindly. I have always loved asking questions as a child, and more so an adolescent. Clearly the journalist in me was born way before I realised that[…]

Intuition

September 21, 2020 adminPersonal

Do you believe in intuition? intuition /ɪntjʊˈɪʃ(ə)n/ noun the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning. Sounds very much like a gut feeling, hunch, inner voice or sixth sense, doesn’t it? Or[…]

Being three

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 adminLife in South Africa

In the fields, we would laugh and play, Enjoying the warmth of the winter’s day. We’d lay on our backs In delight, What a wonderful sight! Clouds as soft as cotton candy Some pink, others[…]

It’s okay to be not okay…

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 adminLife in South Africa

Mums, dads, grandparents and guardians… are you okay? I mean really, are you okay? Between the online schooling, home cleaning, cooking, those heaps of laundry AND working from home, are you okay? Maybe… it’s a[…]

Levels

May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 adminLife in South Africa

Levels. What levels? For whom? It’s 11pm as I type this and there’s drag racing in my neighbourhood in Durban. I hear engines revving and tyres screeching. Curfew? They don’t care. In fact, I have[…]

Pregnancy. No Copy and “Paste”

May 29, 2020 adminLife in South Africa

My biggest fear about being pregnant the second time was that it would not be as easy as the first time. I was correct. Boy oh boy! Perhaps the most apt phrase for a mother[…]