by anna | Aug 15, 2018 | slow inspiration, slow parenting
I want to teach them less. I have noticed that my children have a consumerist craving for more. I have a consumerist craving for more. There is just a lot going on and we are wanting what we see. We believe that more is more. More will surely result in...
by anna | Jul 19, 2018 | slow inspiration
I’ve been thinking of this one for a while now. A blog post about my body journey. It’s just such a critical topic for women to be able to connect over, I think. I think that I have spent way too much time in my life obsessing over it. I have spent way...
by anna | May 18, 2018 | slow inspiration
I was chatting to another mom recently. An inspiring sort of mom, the kind who looks effortlessly stylish with a mom bun, kid on hip and locally-made leather handbag strung over her shoulder. She mentioned that she chooses rhythm over balance. This was a cool...
by anna | Apr 12, 2018 | slow inspiration, slow parenting
My son asked me yesterday, “Mom, do you like being a girl?” I like being me. I have journeyed to this point, having endured the insecurities of being an adolescent girl, the compromising, quietness of being a young grown up girl and the feisty assertiveness of being...
by anna | Mar 29, 2018 | slow inspiration
We are Anna and Fred. In August 2016, we decided to spend every last cent we had (and didn’t have) to take a two month break and travel to Northern California to spend time with family. We needed change. While driving around one day I thought, “I wish I could just...
by anna | Dec 30, 2017 | slow inspiration
I recall standing on a London underground train platform at the age of 23, with tears welling up in my eyes because I had just returned from a sunshine-filled holiday in my home country of South Africa. A return to dull weather, a dull job, a dull commute. This...
With a sense that the impossible is surely possible, I spend a lot of time coming up with ideas. Some may call them hair-brained, some of them are. I am married to a man who is willing to dream with me (thank you God). We have two small children, a boy and a girl.