Winter Sun

Winter sun How I miss you now. When days are filled With work, work, and more work. I first got to know you in very different times Paradoxical in that they were the dark days of my life yet your warmth brightened my heart and radiated through me – giving me peaceful interludes in an … More Winter Sun

Summer Daze

The last day of the year, in the heart of a South African summer. I’m at work now (sadly), but this time of year brings back fleeting memories of childhood summers gone by: Hours and hours in the back yard playing soccer and cricket; Still more hours and hours on the tennis courts, pushing ourselves … More Summer Daze

Train of Thought

There’s something different about taking the train. Far from the privacy of traveling by car, yet in some ways, a journey with more solitude; allowing more personal time to think, reflect, and observe; not having to worry about traffic and road obstacles, letting the conductor direct you, in this big, metal carriage, on a fixed … More Train of Thought

For Toddles

Whenever I hear an infant cry, I think of you – remembering the many months when you could do little else to express your wishes to a pair of adoring but stressed parents, that had to cater to your every need, and soothe your every discomfort. The time when you were so small you couldn’t … More For Toddles

Dreams re-awoken

I once had a dream, a desperate and beautiful desire, to share my life with another, in a bond unlike any other. To no longer be alone and unloved, but to be a garment unto another, a soulmate – to accompany me through the journey of life. And then that dream came true. But along … More Dreams re-awoken

Reset

Knock knock. Who’s there? You know who. That annual visitor, who comes around to remind you of how strong you really are. Who brings with him an abundance of God’s mercy and forgiveness. Whose presence marks a period of tremendously increased reward; where each good deed counts many times over, and every bad one brings … More Reset

Sunrise in Paradise

It comes again, three years later – for me – the birth of a new day. The rising of a fresh morn, an everyday occurrence, now often overlooked – taken for granted – in the never-ending wheel of grown-up life. The sun’s light spreads far and wide long before his arrival in this place today; … More Sunrise in Paradise