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At the age of fifteen, somebody broke my teenager heart. To be honest, I cannot tell you now if it was boy, or a friend, or a situation. But my…

Dear New Year, I know that every new year, most people make resolutions, devoting themselves to quitting smoking/losing weight/stopping with the midnight snacks/promising they’ll get more sleep. As we all…

It’s 27 December. Let me just catch that up quickly. Here goes: 1. It means I am 11864 days old. Looking at that number, I suddenly feel VERY young again.…

When I was seven – the very age my daughter is now – I cutely quipped to my mom that “anniversaries are family birthdays”. Growing up, my parents’ anniversaries were…

“…the thing they do not tell you about being a writer who talks of life and such, is that you will cry. A lot. At your desk. When nobody else…

There are a number of songs that form the soundtrack to my life. For some crazy-wonderful reason, vh1 has rebranded and refocused…and they now play all those songs. 24 hours…

A few weeks ago, I blogged about #rememberme. The culmination of this campaign was an event, held in Durban over the weekend. Put together by Spiga D’Oro and a bunch of…

Right. So, here goes. I have had trolls on my mind a lot this week. I’ve learnt to roll with them, laugh at them and move beyond them. It is…

Friends are never sought out, they happen. They don’t arrive in your life with a sign that says “Hi, I’m your friend. You and I will impart intimate details of…

I know we’ve all heard this song before but, did you know that it was actually made up by a mama? Yep. Made up by a mum, sung by a…