"Why are we here, mommy?" Siya asks me. Sandile and I look at each other. "We just going to be staying here for a little while, my boy", Sandile answers him. My mom has been judging Sandile and I since we left Diepkloof. She is not happy. She has a lot of questions - many of which question my sudden closeness with Sandile. If there are two people who can fight on this planet, it is Sandile and I. Sandile's...
"Why are we here, mommy?" Siya asks me. Sandile and I look at each other. "We just going to be staying here for a little while, my boy", Sandile answers him. My mom has been judging Sandile and I since we left Diepkloof. She is not happy. She has a lot of questions - many of which question my sudden closeness with Sandile. If there are two people who can fight on this planet, it is Sandile and I. Sandile's...
Lydia 6am meetings. I have always hated them and I have always believed that I am too junior to be sitting in them. People who get paid the real money are the people who are paid to sit in such meetings. I'm just a specialist. I have no business being here. The meeting is virtual and the big guns are preparing for a meeting with my man. It amazes me how scared they are of him. Thomas is such a teddy...
Pearl Today, Qaphela and I are having lunch with Gcina and we are just intervening in this behaviour of hers that I just don't like. We are at Circus Circus. I can just tell that Qaphela and Gcina are here for the first time. I help them pick their meals and we place our order. As soon as the waiter disappears, I start. "Gcina, your father and I are worried about you." "Why?" "Because we don't believe that you've made...
"Koena! Tlisa ngwana!" My mom says from wherever she is in the house. My parents have been here for weeks now. The plan was for them to help me out with Thingo, but they honestly just frustrate me. They should have come by after Mthunzi went back to work."You are so beautiful, my love", Mthunzi says to me as I breastfeed our son. I look at him and smile. "We must make more kids. Look at how handsome Thingo is", he says. I chuckle. I will give him more...
Disclaimer: Tonight’s episode is not for sensitive readers."Sindi!" George is yelling for me. I am lying in the same spot he left me in last night when he beat me up and left me lying in a pool of my own blood. I do not even have the energy to respond to his call. My entire body is in so much pain. I can barely move. There are places aching in my body that I never even knew existed. "Sindi!" He keeps yelling. I just...
I love being a mom. I really do. My daughter is gorgeous and she is everything I wake up and look forward to looking at. I am having issues coming to terms with the fact that I'll be leaving her at home as I prepare to go back to work full time. I was there on a part-time basis because hey, I am Lydia Khalo. My mom is convinced that she is my daughter's nanny. She is even talking about going on early retirement...
I hate my job. Truly, I do. I should have never resigned from Thomas' company. People valued me more when I was there. Now, I am an executive, but I get treated like trash. I hate it. I hate everyone here. I never take lunch because I don't want anyone thinking we are friends or that we should lunch together. None of these people are worth me having lunch with. But today, I need some air. I need to breathe in a...
I have been booked off work for four months. My doctor says that I have depression and I need to be admitted into a clinic. Please understand that:• I have a one year old. • My eldest child has been accepted into medicine school, but did not get a bursary and I cannot afford the fees. • My third born just started in a model c school because my husband and I start them in high school; they go to township schools for primary school. • I am already...
Lydia Now that I no longer stress about getting to work super early to over-impress ungrateful bosses, I swim every morning. I do a few laps just to wake up and activate the body. In the afternoons, I do a few kilometres on my treadmill. I need to keep this body fit. As I reach the edge of my pool to complete a lap that I have just done, I bring out my head from underneath the water and lift my goggles to...
