Why is it so difficult to adopt a baby? We hear of so many children and babies who are looking for parents.... So many children and ba...

I am still reeling after the robbery the previous week at our house. We thought we were safe , until we found out that we were not! We are...

RIP Liam Buys I have no words. I know for sure that no words can make it better! Or find some sense in it. A small baby, a life, a lit...

I wish I had known all these pointers when we were in the market for baby cribs! I do get the shivers when I sometimes see how "lucky...

Spending hours and hours  in the same chair, holding her and breastfeeding her. Our Little Tortoise . Looking at her. Holding her. ...

I found these photos of our baby on my computer. She was six months old at the time. Already I struggle to hold on to the memory of he...

37 months on Saturday and she knows how to make a threat! “I am going to tell my sister!” (The sister who is now at varsity .) Then ...

Mieka at 8 weeks The heartbeat is the sound of a horse galloping very fast! That’s what it sounded like when we first heard it at the gyn...

The teen about her relationship with the toddler: 23 months ago my dream came true, Mieka was born. I had always wished for a baby sis. ...

Laura at Harassed Mom asks the question why nobody tells new parents about the bad stuff about having babies. I believe we DO know and hear...

Mieka 4 days old (photo Debbie Rogers) I remember those early days with our baby. From the first night she did not sleep for very long,...

I am not into Stork Parties at all! It is one of my pet hates. Is there something wrong with me? Having to go to a function where you mo...

Mieka at 22 months Today, a year ago: The toddler was ten months and I was still raving about bonus days I got for taking the baby to cl...

Did you ever forget something for the little one and had to leave? I checked the toddler’s bag this morning. Clothes. Check. Food. Check...

I am taking part in Mommy Only has Two Hands A Year Ago Thursday Blog Hop . Check out the rules on Mommy Only has Two Hands . The other t...

What did mothers ever do without wet wipes? I know, I know! The green thing to do is NOT to use wet wipes. We should rather use wet cotton c...

We are crawling around with the toddler. On the ground, looking at ants, picking up rocks, and smelling the flowers! It is the simple things...

Powerwoman says enough is enough! Why do we have to feel guilty as working mothers when we have to leave our babies at someplace else when...

No. 3 shoes I get very attached to my clothes and shoes. Dries had to force me to throw out a pair of really yucky shoes the other day. T...

Operation Smile in DRC - 21 to 30 May 2010 I asked my friend Karin d’Orville to write an account of her volunteer work for Operation Smile ...