Stories

Sometimes thinking doesn’t feel like a gift. It feels like a room with no windows. I’ve learned that there’s a difference between reflection and...

2025 didn’t break me with one big moment. It wore me down in a thousand small ways. A thousand paper cuts the kind you barely notice at first. The...

I’ve officially crossed over. I’ve entered the forties. And to be completely honest, I didn’t stroll into this decade with grace and glitter — I...

Grace and gifts of a crucible. I left them all at the bottom of the Midmar Dam that day… This is a story of faith, failure, fatigue and finally...

Hold onto your hats because autographed copies of ‘When I Was Your Age’ are on their way to those who have ordered them. My dispatch team have been...

Both my parents worked for the South African Police Force. As you can imagine, I had an interesting ‘militaristic’ childhood to say the least. My...

As for glitter, we all know, is an assortment of miniscule, reflective particles that come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colours. These...

As we teach our children to be the type of friend they would like to have, our kids are simultaneously learning about; boundaries, consistency,...

“Be spontaneous!” The notion was outlandish at first, this was too last minute; I hadn’t even had time to process the information ‘for Pete’s sake!’...

It took me a full 3 seconds before I wiped-out into the waves, rolling, as if I were a beach tumbleweed. Surfboard in tow, briefly fluttering above...

I finally finished the last chapter. I slammed the book shut and took one last look at the cover of the hard copy displaying the image of a blind...

For the past two years, this story could not be spoken aloud! It would mean giving specific words permission to filter through the universe, letting...