arrival

awaiting your arrival soaking up the breeze your restless heart courses its way finding a home a place to stay enjoy the journey too few of us do i am here patiently awaiting you by The Magnetic Compass

last time

remember the last timeyou were here dearlytears shedding down my facea hope for a future  a simple futurethat was itthe last timebefore reality hit the trials of adulthood caught up to usdestiny paved its wayyou found someone elsei found myself do you remember the last timethat lingers with me from time to timea memory not…

weather

you are like the weatherall four seasons in onetread lightlythe thunder roars inside of youholding back the rainfor another cloudy day you are like the weatherall four seasons in oneswooping in like a gust of windalways ready to save the dayyour light shines brightlyno one can bear to stay anyway you are like the weatherblissful…

to forgive

the chains around your heartforged by grudges tearing you apartthe whimper of the voices in your headsoftly singing in your earyou utter the wordsstanding locked in complete fearreleasing all of your chainsevery word a link broken, tears like rainstreaming down your faceunfounded freedom in forgivenessworries left without a trace by The Magnetic Compass

After the rain – King’s Kloof Hiking Trail

If you have been following along for the last couple of months, you will know the King’s Kloof Hiking Trails formed part of my Thirty before 30 to-do list, in particular the first item on the list. It has been such an honor to gradually tick off the items on the list as time goes…

From North to the Southern-most point of Africa – An extended road trip

This summer holiday was probably one of the best holidays we as a family have ever taken. Yes, I had my reservations of being away from home for Christmas. Yes, I was a little bit cautious of myself and my father taking the whole camp down by ourselves (but let’s be real, the whole family…

New beginnings – The list explained (Part 8)

You guys! We made it! The last installment of the list explained! Obviously not final-final… There will be a mid-way recap coming up as well as one right after my birthday to recap everything that was done and that was not done over the course of the six months leading up to my Thirtieth! Now…

A stroll with the baboons – A day trip to Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens

We have a tradition, my mother and I. Every year on the 6th of January we go to the Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens to have a little bit of mother-daughter time before I head home after the holidays. It started as a coincidence, but I think it is a nice tradition that evolved through…

Feeling adventurous: The 30 Before Thirty list explained (Part 5)

Throughout the last couple of weeks, in writing these weekly posts, I have come to realize just how stale my life had become. You know, now that I am getting out and about trying to do the things on the list. I am doing things I have never done before, seeing places (on and off…

Blogmas 2021 – Day 2: Holiday Christmas movies

What makes the festive season? Sure, we all love the lights, the decorations, and the music all around. But, to me it’s the movie we watch every festive season, all snug as little bugs. So, here are 9 old Christmas movies my family cannot go without, which are sure to set your spirit alight before…