I’ve been a little quiet here about my thoughts and the interworkings of my girl brain* lately. I’ve been more likely to write guides, show you pretty pictures, and tell you how amazing that last beach I saw was (and it was!), but that’s not the point of today’s post. Today I feel weird. I […]
My Memoir, A Thousand New Beginnings, is Here!
My fingers hovered over the keyboard. Could I really do it? As soon as I did, I knew that it would all be real. The chain reaction would start and the floodgates would open. I’d be standing right in the thick of it, learning how to swim. I asked myself, “Are you really ready to […]
Why Going Alone to Mozambique Was the Best Decision Ever
I walked along the beach after jumping off the boat from an amazing day of SCUBA diving in Tofo, Mozambique. The white sand squeaked under my feet and the waves rolled in lazily. I had just seen a whale shark underwater and was ecstatic. It had taken me several days of long bus journeys to get there, but […]
Going Alone to Mozambique
As this post goes live I’m sitting on a bus from Johannesburg bound for Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. If I’m honest, I’m kind of terrified. I keep telling myself it will be fine but honestly, I have no idea what lies ahead of me. I woke up to a strange message a week and […]
When You Were A Child, What Did You Dream You’d Become?
“When you were a child, from the earliest that you can remember, what did you say you wanted to be when you grew up?” That’s the question I like to ask people when I want to get to know the person inside. Not the person who is sitting across from me based on outward appearances, […]