We are a young, fun-loving, crazy, disciple-making, intentional, home-schooling, adventure-seeking, purpose-pursuing family living in the heart of Jozi yet trying to do life at our own pace.
This blog is about sharing our stories, our thoughts, our experiences, our lives; hoping that they will help, encourage and inspire other families out there.....as we all do this adulting thing :)
Thought #6 (30 Thoughts Before 30) I had one of those light bulb moments today! I was reading Titus 2 and (think) I finally understand the difference between Grace and Mercy. It’s been tricky because we tend to use grace and mercy interchangeably, and even in our languages, there’s usually one translation for both words so I’ve always thought these…
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Thought #5 (30 Thoughts Before 30) Our 5 year old daughter, Kumi is such an independent child. I know parents wish for their kids to be independent but I really find myself struggling a lot of times with her because I feel like she is too independent (is there even such a thing?). She wants to do Everything by herself!…
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Thought #4 (30 Thoughts Before 30) This morning, I was praying for our family, for our day today. Our 5 year old daughter goes to ballet classes, and I started praying and thinking about her dancing. I know as parents, we have dreams of what we want our kids to achieve in life, how we want to see them explore…
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Thought #3 (30 Thoughts Before 30) Greeting is such a big deal in the African community, and I feel like that’s one of the biggest things we have lost in our westernisation. Like, I remember even as a kid, you dared not walk down the street or enter a shop or see someone and not greet if you knew what…
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Thought #2 (30 Thoughts Before 30) Beauty Products – Do They Really Make Us Beautiful? To the ladies, interesting thought: that is; the things that we use to “beautify” ourselves often leave our natural beauty in a worse off state. What do I mean? Well, for example, we use make up to ‘accentuate our beauty’, whether it’s everyday or for…
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Thought #1 (30 Thoughts Before 30) A week or two ago, I accompanied my husband to a church he was speaking at. By the way, he’s such a great teacher, I’m always just in awe at the wisdom and revelation he teaches with, he’s definitely my favourite teacher 🙂 haha! So yeah, I enjoy watching him speak, and going with…
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Wow! I’m finally turning 30 *gasp*…..in 30 days! I’m not quite sure what I’m supposed to feel like or whether other people go through this….but when I think about turning 30, I get this slight apprehension! I’m not too sure what it’s about, but I think something about turning 30 makes me think about my life in an introspective kinda…
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So, after a long absence from gym *hides*, I have finally resurfaced! Look, it was a bit of a tough 3 months in our household, and with 2 active little ones and a fussy baby, I hardly even thought about gym….so I didn’t even feel bad for not going…lol! But here I am….back now. Zizwe is almost 4 months, and…
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Sadly, one of the things I didn’t get taught at home, or at school, or at church, is to take good care of my body. Health is not one of those things that kids should be left to ‘figure out’. Funny enough, we expect kids to grow up to be sensible, healthy adults….but if they grow up eating Coco Pops…
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I turned 29 a week or so ago 🙂 Whoop whoop!! And of course, it’s the last year of my 20’s, I did a bit of reflecting, etc. Big “milestone birthdays” can feel a bit like New Years, you know…..you start thinking about your life, what you’ve accomplished, things you want to do, etc. So my plan was to draw up a…
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I'm Unathi (aka MamakaKumi), and the main storyteller here :) I hope you enjoy reading about our colourful life :)
