Will the kids turn out ok?: April 2014

I’ve been off work sick. Nothing serious, actually, the dr. doesn’t know what is wrong, he told me to go on holiday.

Well, since I just went on a mini-break to South Africa (SA) I can’t really afford to go on holiday, so it is back to work for me.

And back to blogging. I really find it hard to blog when I’m at home. Too many other things distracting me. Not to mention these amazing books I’m reading at the moment. But I’ll tell you about those later.

Now, let me get back to telling you about my trip to SA.

The people.

If there is one thing that I miss about living in South Africa it is being able to just hang out with friends and family. Being around for both the big and the little things that happen in their lives.

The last time I was in SA was nearly 5 years ago so you can imagine how much the kids have changed since I last saw them. My brother’s youngest Jae was about 8 months old. So he really had no idea who I was. I mean, he has seen me on skype but it is not quite the same.

Same for Jude, he was a tiny baby when I last saw him and he is a bit on the shy side so he doesn’t talk to us much on skype.

My friends Char & Robin adopted a baby after we left SA so I was thrilled to finally meet the apple of their eye Jesse. And she is the sweetest thing!

I met my cousin’s husband and baby girl. I had a look in on the sleeping form of one of my other cousin’s babies.

Honestly, I spent most of my time just hanging out with people I love. It was bliss.

Some times we even forgot to take photos of us together. But if you are interested here is a bit of a photo overload of some of my favorite people in SA: