My 10 Favourite Kid Books (OK, 15…)
I am an Artist (by Marta Altés) Who doesn’t want to be? Seriously, especially when you’re 5. To this little […]
Hairy knees & Mom guilt
I’m sitting in my car waiting for the school to open so that I can fetch child one and two. […]
How You Raise Your Son can make or break someone’s day
The actual title of this post is “when you raise an asshole you fuck up someone else’s day” But I […]
Cortisone Musings & Ramblings
I’m writing this while being on my second to last cortisone high. It is 3am, I’ve been awake since 1am […]
Vote For Me!
I’ve gone and entered the SA Blog awards. Because life is short and you only live once right? Please click […]
What is cancer really like?
This is not a pity post, and once again, if you leave me any sad messages I will unfriend you […]
Chemo Brain
A real short explanation as my brain hurts for anything too long or too complicated. Let me explain chemo brain. […]
This is a story you can tell
This is a story you can tell You: “This poor mom I heard about, a friend of a friend knows […]
They’re in the now, you’re in the past (and future)
Through gritted teeth I explain to Bailey that she cannot burst into my room and whisper random questions as it […]
As simple as squashing a Mosquito
As I put my naked head down to sleep I can hear that determined little fecker. He is one relentless […]
My most serious post ever
When you hear the word chemo, what do you think of? If you are one of my generation then you […]
Losing my shit
A post with lots of swear words and zero silver lining 8:20am The pharmacist is scurrying up and down like […]
Lessons from Cancer
Day 6 post chemo and I’m up at 4am to write. I’m definitely back to normal. It came suddenly, unexpectedly. […]
The story of George
This is the story of George, the cancer that lives in my boob The weekend before we cut George out […]
Biopsies & Black Cats
If someone had to biopsy your parental journey, what would they see? Imagine they take a small sample, as they […]
Be the Container
“Oy Fek” I mumble under my breath (a combination of Jewish and Afrikaans swearwords). Tom is sitting on the coffee […]
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Hairy knees & Mom guilt
I’m sitting in my car waiting for the school to open so that I can fetch child one and two. […]
My 10 Favourite Kid Books (OK, 15…)
I am an Artist (by Marta Altés) Who doesn’t want to be? Seriously, especially when you’re 5. To this little […]
HOME Affairs Yoh!
I arrive at the Marianhill licensing department at 6:20am. There is already a queue of about 50 people long (not […]
This is a story you can tell
This is a story you can tell You: “This poor mom I heard about, a friend of a friend knows […]
Why this blog?
Why join the thousands of other “mommybloggers” out there? Because this blog is not only about the butterflies and the […]
Lessons from Cancer
Day 6 post chemo and I’m up at 4am to write. I’m definitely back to normal. It came suddenly, unexpectedly. […]
The art of having a bad day
I gained so much weight since Dec that my underwear is cutting off my blood supply. While facilitating a workshop […]
Take a Failure Bow in Parenting
Yesterday I stumbled upon an interesting article on how some companies are helping their employees to learn from failure. They […]
My most serious post ever
When you hear the word chemo, what do you think of? If you are one of my generation then you […]