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16th January 2023

Building Resilience In Our Children

There's a difficult conversation that needs to be had in relation to parenting and it's about resilience. The actual word that I want to use it hardship but we'll get

20th January 2022

Father, Daughter, Love

I grew up in a society where black fathers were shunned because of their lack of support and availability. It is said that a father figure is rare where black

11th January 2022

What Happens to the Relationship

First of all let’s admit it, making a baby is absolutely amazing. Now that I have that out of the way, I took a lot of time to write this

20th September 2021

The Liquor Bottle’s Suffocating Throttle.

Why not? I loathe that I reluctantly have to come up with a response to this question everytime I've declined an offered alcoholic beverage at a social gathering because a

16th August 2021

Mother Is God In The

My parents raised me to be ok with being different, awkward, or being an artist. My parents supported all my sport experiments and to have such support was unheard of

9th August 2021

Mother Is God In The

I remember when my father passed on, it was 2001 and I was in grade 11 and I had just been appointed prefect - I remember not understanding why I had been chosen

28th June 2021

Perception of Black Fathers Changing

The perception of black fathers is changing and we are here for it, this year's Father's Day was much more peaceful on social media compared to the other years when

26th January 2021

10 Things I Learned In

1. Parenting a baby is all about poop. What colour is it? When last did they poop? Did they struggle while pooping? Do we have enough nappies for the next

23rd November 2020

How Did We Become A

I attended a funeral over the weekend and as per usual, all the speakers had great things to say about the deceased. Two things stuck out for me. The eldest

29th September 2020

As Men, When We Abandon

I am very conscious about my blackness, and have instilled a strong sense of black pride in my kids. They know who they are and they love their skin, their