2025 started pretty calm, but quickly turned to chaos & identity crises in the Lowveld.
Author: Lauren Booth
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Wow what a year. One in which our kids have fully transitioned from the shy, new-kid, “engelsmense” at the school, to confident, settled and speaking Afrikaans with astounding ease.
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When redirecting a love of Big Lizards to tadpoles becomes an near emergency in the Booth household, but apparently NOT something to Panic about…
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Buying tickets to the Springbok Rugby in Mbombela may win you mom-points initially, but don’t let it go to your head – you can still Destroy someone’s day in the process!
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I started planning to write something different and ended up on “Market Lessons”. But even when I read it, it sounds more like life lessons to me.
Letters from the Lowveld 17 – the one we still haven’t gotten over.
This post came up on my FB Memories a few days ago and it made my heart shudder. It darn near broke all over again. That hamster. I went back and read the Letter from the Lowveld 4 mentioned in the post again from top to bottom (Read it HERE), reliving the decision to get…
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My day started with a disappointing rusk. No big deal you may say. Well you would be wrong.
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New Year and new emotions in Kampersrus We have done it. We have reached Year 2 in Kampersrus. It has been fascinating looking back on this time last year. Observing myself with a bit of objectivity and distance. Back to school last year was stressful beyond what I was prepared to admit. I fought back…
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And so it comes to an end. Our first year in the Lowveld. At times it has felt like being in a tumble drier, and not because of the heat!
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Die Hindernisbaan ~ the obstacle course Moving provinces, changing careers, enrolling your children in a “foreign” language school. Our decisions have been described by some as brave. I’m sure there are people quietly thinking us crazy. I know I have at times! You can lay out all the pros & cons of a decision, analyse…