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Dad reneges

After 6 months, Dad undoes everything we tried to do to keep mum safe from herself and him. Instead of moving on with this life in PMB, he and her would phone each other several times a day. Despite our…

Couples counselling

We had our first couples counselling session today. FUCK! I knew it was going to be hard, but man, is it hard! Emotionally gut-wrenching intense. I cried a lot. Opening pandora’s box is scary. No one can tell where this…

reflection

1) What is your highest aspiration for your own spiritual development? To Be. To realise Self. To access the highest energy from Source. To transcend this mind and emotions felt by this physical body. To know that we are ONE with all.…

Recurring dream

Every so often I have a dream with a recurring theme. I’m either about to travel or in the midst of travel. I either have my plane ticket and am racing through obstacles to get to the airport on time…

Bringing mum to Joburg

So in the space of a few days. We managed to find a care home for my mum here in joburg. I booked a private ambulance to transport her here tomorrow 5-6 hour drive. Paper work done. It’s been a…

The final adoption process hurdle

On 13th April 2022, I psyched myself up to spend several hours at the Department of Home Affairs in Randburg. The queue was long. I was prepared for the stand out in the sun and wait queue. Thankfully I was…

Girls Skate

We started skateboarding lessons last month. Sharne, the founder of Girls Skate South Africa built an amazing private skate park at her home. *so cool! We go on a Sunday morning. At first only Jaime and I went to the…

Adoption Update August 2021

On August 4th, DSD contacted us to let us know that the adoption registration confirmation letter was ready for collection. We drove the same-day to Pretoria to collect it! On the letter it is addressed to Mr and Mrs Koffman.…

Adoption update

1 year and 9 months since the court signed the adoption order, things haven’t progressed. After many emails and follow up calls, we’ve established that the court order documents were misplaced at some point. Our SW is at the court…

Day 165 of Lockdown – South Africa

It has been about 5 months and 12 days since our country went into Lockdown. Since the initial hard lockdown, the government has come up with 5 different levels of lockdown. We’ve been on level 2 since the 18th of…