Parenting

Internet Inspo #46: Just three things, a self-saucing choc pudding & more

What are your plans for the weekend? We will just chill, watch some cool series, take strolls around the neighborhood & eat. Then repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Oh yes, we also plan to film our day tomorrow as part of this. I’ve lined up some inspirational & through-provoking weekend links for you. Enjoy! This elderly Taiwanese […] Read more…

Grief

This post is a sort of follow-up on the post written last year about the loss of my mother nine months ago. You can read more about it here. Some things – like being a parent & losing a parent – can only really be fully understood when you have experienced it for yourself. I […] Read more…

You Are Never Ready To Lose Your Mother

“Losing a parent is like losing a part of oneself” – Debra Umberson Catherine Elizabeth Smit (5 September 1948 – 30 May 2019) This blog is about zest for life. About things that add zest to life. The things that make life worth living. Delicious things. Fun things. Gorgeous things. It’s been weeks since I’ve […] Read more…

Some Day These Will Be The Good Old Days

On a recent trip away, a dear wise friend said that these days (& holidays specific) are the childhood memories of our children. I didn’t think too much of it at the time, but then I listened to “Good Old Days” (the song by Macklemore featuring Kesha) … I wish somebody would have told me babe […] Read more…

My Top 10 Of 2017

Hey friends. Happy 2018 to you! Before we officially kick off 2018, I’d love to share my Top 10 Favourite Things of 2017 with you. 2017 started with a bang for us! Within the first six weeks of the year, my 75-year old dad had a serious freak accident. This shocked us all because we […] Read more…

Everything is awesome with LEGO (& DUPLO)

When Oliver was still a tiny baby, we were given our very first set of DUPLO (which is basically LEGO for tiny tots aged 1,5 – 5 years). I thought yay another lovely gift. But I had no idea how amazing it really is. I never played with LEGO as a child, so I honestly […] Read more…

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