A letter to my unborn son
Okay first of all, it feels very strange for me to say Son after 5 years of saying Daughter. Believe it or not, every doctor’s appointment I go to, I ask my doctor to make sure that you are indeed a boy. Yes, your mom […]
South African, Working Mom, Embracing life and writing about it
Motherhood
Growing a human being is wonderful but it’s not easy!
Regardless of how it came about – planned or a total surprise – pregnancy is a beautiful thing. Seeing your body swell with life as it houses another human being and feeling the flutters that turn into full-on kicks is absolute bliss. However, getting through […]
8 months into my pregnancy and here’s how I feel
It’s been 8 long months of growing a precious human being. Something that to this day still blows my mind. Humans actually come out of humans and it’s beautiful. It hasn’t been all peaches and cream though but I still count myself as blessed to […]
To my daughter – A day before your 5th birthday
Okay, first of all, I actually cannot believe that I am writing this post. Just the other day my little girl was born, calm, wide eyed, and as beautiful as ever. Tomorrow she is turning 5 years old. It is crazy to think just how […]
25 weeks pregnancy update | Baby number 2
Okay, so it took me much longer to write up this post than I had expected….then again what’s new? That is just the story of my life. As you are reading this post, I am well into my third trimester but I didn’t just want […]
Pregnant with Baby number two
Hey there my wonderful Besties and loyal readers who probably think that I have fallen off the face of the earth as a result of my silence. It’s been literally over a month since I posted anything on here and honestly I didn’t think it […]
I WAS NEVER READY…
Back in 2012 when my boyfriend and I started talking about starting a family, the idea of being a Mom had me very excited. I’ve always known deep down that I wanted to have kids. I didn’t have a timeline of when that would be […]
A letter to my Daughter on her 4th birthday – and to her future self
How can it be four years since I held you in my arms for the first time? How is it that time flies by so fast, and taking with it all the small memories of the past? How, just how, is all that happening so […]