Family

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…

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…

For the past year Carol and I have been discussing adopting a child. We officially started the process when we met with Susan Wasserman a few weeks ago in February.  Susan is a private social worker based in Krugersdorp. Since…

Jaime’s 3rd birthday

Today is my baby girls’ 3rd birthday. We are so very blessed to have this soul in our lives. Every day as a parent to Jaime is a challenge. Every day as a parent to Jaime is richer for it.…

Adoption in South Africa

Some background info We started the adoption process in February 2016. This involved several consultations and screenings with 2 private social workers. I’m not going into details about the process as there are plenty of online resources available. We were…

A new Love in our lives

Around mid-January of this year, we received “The Call”, as adoptive parents put it.  It is the call from the social worker letting you know that there is a match between you the prospective parents and a baby. We met…