KateBotha

The List Lady

June 3, 2020 in Homemaking
  If you are an A-type personality like me, you will know that organisation, cleanliness and control are things that keep us ticking. Lists in linear form make us feel motivated. At least, that’s the case with me. We can’t think in a...
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Postnatal Depression

May 24, 2020 in Mommyhood
  AWARD-WINNING POST: SOUTH AFRICAN PARENTING BLOG AWARDS – WINNER BEST TEARJERKER 2020 My daughter didn’t know what had just happened. An empty cup hurtled over her head and her mommy screamed at her. She broke down in confused and frightened tears as...
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Zone Cleaning

May 14, 2020 in Homemaking
  Housework is overwhelming on a good day. Everyday, if you’re anything like me, a laundry Mount Everest looms on a spare couch or bed; the dishes balance at precarious angles next to the sink and your kids draw pictures in the layer...
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My Daily Routine

May 9, 2020 in Homemaking
  Some have called me Super Woman. But truthfully, I’m not. And I never feel like Super Woman no matter how hard I aspire to be her.   With two tinies zooming around the house and unpacking everything I’ve picked up or following me...
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Dear Mr President

May 2, 2020 in Stories of My Life
  Dear Mr President,   Words fail me as I sit here mid-lockdown to write this letter. It will not be eloquent. But I would like to think that it expresses what many South Africans think of you.   A month ago, our...
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Walking a Tightrope

April 23, 2020 in Mommyhood
  As a little girl, I had a short list of possible dream professions. A teacher; a singer; an author; a counsellor for women considering abortion and a trapeze artist. An interesting conglomeration of fields! The trapeze artist was probably the most short-lived...
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Easter Ideas for Kids

April 7, 2020 in Mommyhood, Teaching Preschool
  I don’t know about you but I’m tired of bunny and Easter egg crafts! They get old. Apart from which, if you’re like me, it would be nice to find more than the odd idea on how to make Jesus’ death and...
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A Christian During COVID

April 3, 2020 in Stories of My Life
  The world has been thrown into chaos. There doesn’t seem to be an escape. No matter where we go, we will find masks, isolation, quarantine, hand sanitiser and elbow bumping all because of a mutation of flu. It has sent the world...
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As Lockdown Approaches

March 26, 2020 in Stories of My Life
  We all woke up this morning I bet, knowing that we have one final day of freedom to go beyond the boundary without any restrictions. Well, I took it and went out into the fresh, clean air of the new day for...
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We’ve Got Today

March 21, 2020 in Stories of My Life
  Can I just say that I am thankful today! Guys, this is amazing for my scaredy-cat self! I am thankful for our president and his cabinet today! I am SO impressed with his proactive and, frankly, brilliant address to our nation on...
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