My children from another mother

I don't think any little girl daydreams about being a step mom. They do have a terribly bad reputation after all, especially considering how the Cinderella story ended up.  And it certainly was never on my bucket list. But here I am; step-mother to two grown up "children", who came into my life courtesy of …

Music, Chocolate and Surgery

The Easter weekend is typically a time when all inhabitants of the little province called Gauteng head en-masse down to Durbs.  It is also usually when the temperatures up here on the escarpment tend to plummet into single figures on the thermometer, so it certainly makes sense to escape winter's grip for an extra few days! It …

Sliding Doors

Remember that movie from the late 90's, Sliding Doors? The tag-line on movie poster said: "What if one split-second sent your life in two completely different directions?" I am sure that everyone has found themselves at a cross-roads at least once in their lives, and taken a specific path, only to wonder at some point, …