Screaming

Caught out, burning out Can you ever really know, what is all to know   Taken by surprise, I could not know, how could I   For the first time, I got to learn the looseness of words   Do you ever really know, Can you ever really know I thought I knew   Led…

My yellow ribbon

Drinking in the last of the fruit of my golden skin Green eyes piercing hoping for xray vision I see I have a new dancing partner dancing with the devil My soul burns with a new language not yet understood even by her   Long fingers gently touch over the white silky scar One battle…

Learning the art of “letting go”

I became acutely aware of my life and (my past) the second I received my cancer diagnosis.  Suddenly I was aware of every controllable action I take (took) which could have possibly lead me to this diagnosis or cause a return of this awful cancer.  Was this an external factor I had no control over,…

Help you heal smoothie

2 cups pineapple 1 naartjie 4cm root tumeric 4cm root ginger 1/2 tsp Black pepper 1 tsp coconut  oil Blend all ingredients together and enjoy 🍍🍍🍍  

I once was

As I started to pull back the curtains of my soul I see staring back at me is such an unusual creature. One I don’t recognise fully, yet like an old acquaintance from my past but not one I fully remember. Almost like a story telling me what I’ve done, showing me where I come…

True Power

true power is living the realization that you are your own healer, hero and leader yung peblo

Just trying to understand this….

Waking up the morning after my husband had passed away I remember looking around the room seeing my children still asleep, all of us in one massive bed together and knowing that life would never be the same again.  Nothing looked the same, not even my children.  They looked pained.  I was pained, deeply, deeply…

What is it to be thankful

There are definitely big mercies in small graces and for me to not recognise these would make my glass half empty instead of been half full. A week ago my mind was wrecked with fear, worry and imagined horrors that I could not yet define.  Fear of this surgery that would remove Wendy from my…