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A Longing Fulfilled: October 2013

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013. This is the third post in a series about the six babies we miscarried. Naming these precious ones has been an honor as well as a healing process for us. The previous two posts can be found here: Emily Grace. We decided to name our baby, our first son, a name that was at the top of our list for favorite boy names: Luke. Luke is a name we always liked. It's a good, strong Biblical name, which is true about every single boy name we've chosen, and true about his middle name...After...

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A Longing Fulfilled: Callie Elizabeth

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013. This is the second post in a series about the six babies we lost to miscarriage. We made the decision earlier this year to give each of them names as a special way of remembering them. You can follow this link to read about our first baby, Emily Grace. I hate that it's been so long between posts, but this week's Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness/Remembrance Day brought all of these memories back up for me again. Thanks for reading. Was there something wrong with me? I love ...

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March | 2015 | averageoldinsanity

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There's more to living than only surviving. Maybe I'm not there but I'm still trying :). Monthly Archives: March 2015. No one said it would be easy. So at home we settled him with something for pain and some mindless rubbish on TV to just chill for a minute. I escaped to my room for five minutes to process this whole chain of events. I can’t realistically expect him to give up sport because of this can I? How was your Monday? Live to fight another day? I have never come close. Just over two years later a...

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April | 2016 | averageoldinsanity

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There's more to living than only surviving. Maybe I'm not there but I'm still trying :). Monthly Archives: April 2016. For those who don’t know me, I am a total history nut. I excelled in the subject at school, obtaining a distinction at the end of matric even. I can always think of some historical event and its relevance in my life at any given moment. It may sound a bit extreme but to say I am battling right now would be a massive under statement. So for now I am here, clutching my helmet to my head, l...

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February | 2014 | averageoldinsanity

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There's more to living than only surviving. Maybe I'm not there but I'm still trying :). Monthly Archives: February 2014. Then of course I am still expected to be an employee, fiance, daughter, sister, friend, employer and person. I am not sure I have the energy to maintain this facade of sanity. So if you happen to see me hanging around with unbrushed hair licking a lamp post or something, just smile and wave 🙂. I’m trying…. No one said it would be easy. Live to fight another day? On In the trenches.

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May | 2014 | averageoldinsanity

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There's more to living than only surviving. Maybe I'm not there but I'm still trying :). Monthly Archives: May 2014. A love story twelve years in the making. From the instant I held you and saw your eyes squint to look at me I knew, without a doubt that you and I were soul mates. You came to me when I needed you most and filled every void that existed in my heart. I want you to know now and forever that though you were not planned there was never a moment you were not wanted and loved. Your existence...

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There's more to living than only surviving. Maybe I'm not there but I'm still trying :). For those who don’t know me, I am a total history nut. I excelled in the subject at school, obtaining a distinction at the end of matric even. I can always think of some historical event and its relevance in my life at any given moment. It may sound a bit extreme but to say I am battling right now would be a massive under statement. I have been so good at keeping to myself I am not sure I even have friends anymore.

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Its mah birthday :) | averageoldinsanity

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There's more to living than only surviving. Maybe I'm not there but I'm still trying :). Its mah birthday :). So as of six o’clock this morning I am officially twenty nine years old. In some ways I feel so much older and in others I am excited to know that I have so much still ahead of me. I am ready for the more settled decade (teenagers allowing) of nesting and nurturing our home and space. I could bore everyone and write a long list of eleven million things to do before the zombie apocalypse but its b...

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I’m trying… | averageoldinsanity

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There's more to living than only surviving. Maybe I'm not there but I'm still trying :). I’m trying…. 8230;to give myself a bit of a break. Here’s the thing though, and it really is important to look at the other side of the coin. My body is freaking incredible. It has grown five healthy babies. My body has nourished my babies in their early days. It has cradled sick children, hugged them when they have done well. It has carried me through sleepless nights and hectic jobs. No one said it would be easy.

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My heart is heavy and my mind is racing | averageoldinsanity

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There's more to living than only surviving. Maybe I'm not there but I'm still trying :). My heart is heavy and my mind is racing. So last night I was sent off to GIBS (cos my boss didn’t feel like it) for a screening of a short film titled Testing Hope. Which was filmed in 2005 and takes you on the journey to pass Matric in a school in Nyanga in Cape Town. How is it that as educated and empowered South Africans we can allow this injustice to continue without asking someone to be accountable. Yes educ...