Say Thank You For That
Saw this on A Softer World this morning. Felt a connection to it due to an earlier email from a friend (about Floyd). But this one is for Sebastien too. Post title refers to: Jimmy Eat World – ‘Hear...
View ArticleWhat Now?
People keep asking me ‘What now? What’s your plan? What are you doing next?’October saw the end of two huge parts of my life: my relationship and my job. Now, the future is scary and big and wide open...
View ArticleThe Week That Was
It’s been a typical Cape Town spring week: hot, cold, rain, hot, windy, sweltering. But there’s something about summer that always makes me happy (even when I’m bitching about the heat). I guess it’s...
View ArticleThe Week That Was
I’m not sure if it was the passing of Madiba, the approach of Christmas or just the last few months getting to me (again), but generally this week has sucked. A lot. I’ve just been a big old ball of...
View ArticleYou know what sucks? Breakups.
The last time I went through a breakup was with Sebastien in 2008. I stayed single for a whole three years after that. Sure I went on a date here, a dinner there. But I was single lady ploughing ahead...
View ArticleLooking Back at 2013
For years I’ve posted this on Facebook as we head towards the end of every year. Last year I posted it here. It’s sort of the same as last year’s except I’ve changed up a few questions. What did you...
View ArticleBe your own boyfriend
It’s been almost a year since Dean and I broke up. The last year has been nothing short of a growing year, a year filled with empty spaces. Empty spaces that I’ve grown my soul into. I moved out of...
View ArticleBeginning Again
365 days ago, around this time, I was sitting in a meeting that would change my life. I should have known, but I guess I was in denial up until I walked in and saw our HR manager sitting there with A4...
View ArticleFinding my feet at 30
Someecards via Pinterest A few years ago I wrote this post about how I couldn’t wait to turn 30. I longed for a time of stability, a sense of self, a sense of home. But between 27 and today I lost two...
View ArticleHow to be Single (again)
I’m currently navigating a pretty new breakup. Which sucks. (And explains my return to blogging). I’d been with The Guy for about a year and half, so all my single ways have been deleted from my brain...
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