My difficult, but not impossible, mission to be a mom
Why I’m giving the future me the best chance at motherhood. Recently, on meeting me for the first time, someone asked if I was working or studying. My eyes bulged as I informed them: “I am almost 40!” I didn’t…
I’m learning what it means to be a brand-new “smom”, & I’m loving it
Being a step-mother, or smom, as the cool kids call it, means having to adapt quickly to change and chaos. My stepson moved to Cape Town last year, in March. Nobody saw it coming. We had decided that the school…