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Now we are ONE
Dear Lucas, A year ago you came into the world on your own terms, after being very patient about a slow labour you decided that you wanted out NOW. And so, in the early hours of a Monday morning you...
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I am still here
* Trigger warning: Suicide This post has been buzzing around in my subconscious for a while now. I finally wrote it after reading Tim Ferris’s post: Some practical thoughts on suicide * Once upon a...
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I feed my baby in public
I am one of those women who breast feed in public. I never got the hang of using a sling to feed my baby and quite frankly I tried putting his head under a blanket once at home…he hated it. Now that...
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Saying Something
Just the fact that the call to speak went out over a month ago and I have been able to continue on my life largely unaffected speaks volumes about my privilege. South Africa is hugely schizophrenic...
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Dear Ms Msimang, I disagree
I did not attend the Ruth First lecture at Wits this past Monday, and my commentary is based solely on this extract below. White Privilege is real and it needs to fall The existence of white privilege...
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Controversial breastfeeding?
I know that I live on my own little planet and that I am careful about what I allow to come into my orbit. (I decided to make my mental health a priority and hence I am careful about what I expose...
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Wacky Wednesday: A Day in the Life of Trisha and Lucas
Life with a toddler is completely and totally insane, but also completely and totally blessed. Yesterday was a slightly more chaotic and unproductive day (business wise – I did not do anything that I...
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World Suicide Prevention Day
Hello blog, Today is an important day, not only because of the important announcement that is being made about a new discovery at Maropeng, that there are new people that we are recognizing as being...
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You are planning on natural birth – you are so brave!
That was quite a frequent response when people found out that I was not planning on having a cesearean birth but planning on letting nature taking its course. It seemed that the main reason that people...
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We are a breastsleeping family
Hello computer, I am a co-sleeping mom. I never planned on it. In fact I was quite sure that Lucas was going to sleep in a cot from quite a young age…we bought a little snugglenest on the spur of the...
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Joining the rebellion
Hello computer, I just read an amazing blog piece about the fact that the internet is dying…and we need to save it. It is thought provoking and has an interesting perspective. And while social media is...
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Now is the time for compassion, not anger
Hello, Two nights ago terrible things happened. Some terrorists took lives in Paris. My heart goes out to every one who is hurting. I have seen people on Facebook say that now is the time to get angry...
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How you give birth doesn’t matter: Loving your child does.
image credit: Marina del Castell Hello computer, My view on birthing choices is that parents need to make informed decisions and be able to trust their birthing professionals to honour those choices as...
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A guide to section 51 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act
image credit: smlp.co.uk via Flickr Hello computer, I am a member of a work at home mom’s group on Facebook and someone asked about the requirement for a Promotion of Access to Information manual, so I...
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From LLB to web designer
Hello computer, People are always surprised when they hear that I moved away from law and into web design. Personally, I didn’t find it to be such a shift. Echo and Fudge in Costa Rica I suppose I...
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Why I love and recommend WordPress
Hello Computer :), As I said yesterday I came into web design via the backdoor. When we left for Costa Rica I started a little blog on this domain. (I deleted it before we came back which is something...
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What makes a good friend?
Hello computer, image credit: Raj via Flickr I had a spur of the moment visit from a friend earlier today. (I love it when things just happen and come together and feed the soul). And at some point we...
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“No” is not a dirty word
Hello computer, image credit: Henry Burrows via Flickr I have a confession to make. Once upon a time I was an unthinking “yes” girl. It did not matter what the personal cost of saying yes was. It was...
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The power of shitty first drafts
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think...
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The Great Email Purge of 2015
Hello Computer image credit: Hugh MacCleod shared under Creative Commons License I decided that I get too much e-mail and most of it is from mailing lists. Some of the mails are useful but not useful...
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