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...
"Mah", Mfundo calls out to me as he eats his breakfast and I finish up tidying up the kitchen. "Yebo Mfundo", I answer, but don't quite look at him. "You haven't been okay since ubaba came back from Mbali's grave with uMah-ka-Mbali. Did something happen?" He asks me. I sigh because honestly, I don't know what to tell him. His dad hasn't been okay since he came back from Mbali's grave. I have been feeling him drift away from me. It's been a week and we...
"BANG!" I jump immediately and my first instinct is to check if Thomas is still next to me. He is not. I was really hoping that I heard that bang in my dreams. Where is my boyfriend and why is someone shooting a gun my house? I hear my daughter crying. Oh shit!I jump out of bed and run into her nursery. She is alone and is crying. I quickly grab her and hold her close to my chest. As I try to calm her...
With people coming back to work now and accommodation opening, work is becoming good again. I am very busy. I need help. My tender work is piling up and I'm five minutes away from losing this tender. My beauty bars are in serious debt. That man-stealing witch quit on me and you know what, I'm done begging her ass. I am in the process of hiring a PA who can do what that witch was doing. I am thinking of...
A returned soldier, that's who I am and what I have become. I have been at home for a week now. It is just my mother, my daughter and I. I had my daughter before I met Thomas. She stayed with my mother because when I married Thomas, he did not want to take on my daughter as an added responsibility. Her name is Gcinumama, but we call her Gcina for short. Gcina's father is as useless as Thomas. The difference between...
I love working for Mthunzi. I love it. I am even at school now. He approved a bursary application for me to go ahead and study. He told me that it is important that I never stop developing myself. Sli and I work extremely well together. A lot of people report into Mthunzi. Well, he is the director of the company. We manage his office and he always tells us that we do a good job. We have met his wife and his son. His...
Life has been good. It has been a year since the dramatic reveal of mine and Mthunzi's relationship. The country is on lockdown level one, so we can pretty much get back to our lives now and contract this thing at our own risks if we are still stupid enough to believe that social distancing, wearing a mask and sanitizing are not a thing. Mthunzi and I have moved from my little RDP house to a very cute house in Midstream. I love it here. It is a beautiful five...
Venda is turning out to be quite great. I did not expect it to be such a nice trip, but I am loving it. I have met Thomas' brothers and they have been quite welcoming of me. Their wives are a bit hard to read, but they haven't been mean, so I suppose that's acceptable.My phone rings as I laze around on the couch waiting for Thomas to finish doing Lord knows what. I answer it. It is Palesa."Hi Palesa""Hey Elle. How are you?""I'm...
