How does one say goodbye to someone who took a chance on me over 20 years ago? Rodney was the one who employed me, who chose me amongst all the other candidates who were interviewed for the position as executive secretary (PA) to work in his office as the Director of Public Prosecutions in the Western Cape for the National Prosecuting Authority. He was dynamic, intelligent, humble, empathetic, a good speaker, a great friend and an admirable father. I heard him before I saw him as he had a big ... Read the Post
Farewell Rodney
2021, let’s say goodbye…
Some years are for learning and growing. Some are for changing paths and some are for revealing truths we wished never happened... When 2020 bid farewell and 2021 said hello, I was in state of confusion. The answers I had been searching for, for so long had finally come to light. The sordid truth was confessed to me, and I didn't know how to handle it. The only way I can explain it is that I had a delayed reaction to a traumatic experience. An out of body encounter where I listened to ... Read the Post
The legacy of Uncle Harry…
I met Uncle Harry for the first time in 1995 when my husband, Neil took me to Lenasia, Johannesburg as his girlfriend and soon to be wife. The lunch that Uncle Harry and Aunty Pam arranged for us felt like it was our engagement party. I met some of Neil’s cousins for the first time, his brother Terrance, sister Chantelle and went on to meet Neil’s middle brother, Regan, and his wife, Sharmy at their home. Uncle Harry, my Father-in-law was a man of few words. He always wore a smile. He was the ... Read the Post