Thank heavens for family. My mom’s brothers and sisters rallied around her today. Her health scare, this past Thursday, came as a shock to most. Mom lives a healthy lifestyle. She is very cautious about what she puts into her body. Still, she has this frightful condition that means her blood is prone to clotting […]
Continue ReadingSwimming class today! She is a natural! 😁 Super proud of our little fish! Cheers!
Continue ReadingI have been mulling this over in my mind for weeks now. Part of my recovery depends on being honest with myself. But, can you, my audience, handle the truth? What about anonymity? 🤔 It all goes back to the reason I started this blog. There is a dearth of honest voices on these www […]
Continue ReadingWhat happened to my little baby, who would nod off to sleep after her morning bottle?! I am in mourning, grieving the loss of my placid little baby, who stayed put and didn’t care much for mummy’s cutex. We are going through all five stages of grieving: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Most mornings, […]
Continue ReadingPanic stations, everyone!!!!! At approximately 11AM SAST, my mom was chatting to colleagues, when she felt one side of her tongue going numb. The numbness spread to her lips and grew gradually worse. While speaking to her nurse colleague, her speech started to slur. Mom works in a clinic, so there was a doctor on […]
Continue ReadingHer little personality is shining through. One lady described it as “effervescent”. I tend to agree. She is very vocal. With guttural pronunciation, she would harangue her audience. Mostly, she sounds angry, the sounds so throaty, that she often pauses to cough. We have no clue what she is saying. She refers alot to a […]
Continue ReadingI used to have a rather terrible habit. I would pull the skin off my lips until I drew blood. Even that didn’t stop me. People thought I had blisters. But it was all self influcted. I read somewhere, that anxious people have this habit, also nailbiting. It’s true for me. When I did it, […]
Continue ReadingNot sure if I mentioned this before? But, aside from “daddy” – she says it – Uncle Rickson and pa, baby has an irrational fear of men. She bursts into tears if they even so much as look at her. And we all know how men get around weepy females. 🤣 We first noticed it […]
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