Tag: Johannesburg

I can’t believe I’m alive

My first thought as the truck came hurtling towards me was "I'm going to die." As metal screeched and the windshield cracked, I closed my eyes and then... Nothing. The truck had stopped, smoke hissing.
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June 24, 2011
Cake, Love & an iPad

I pretty much had the best 30th birthday possible. Two nights of live music, time with my parents, wonderful friends who give lots of hugs, an incredible iPhone cake from Charly's Bakery, and being super-spoilt with gifts - including a beautiful iPad 2! I felt lucky and privileged to have a husband I adore and…
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May 30, 2011
Amanda goes to hospital

I was admitted and waited for an hour while the nurse's phone kept ringing. I had to pee into what looked like the champagne flute I'd drank out of the night before. This was for a pregnancy test, an automatic precaution for all women of remotely child-bearing age.
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February 7, 2011
Living in Joburg, 2010

We spent our last night in Cape Town in our small, empty flat in Gardens. We slept very badly on a blow-up mattress. Seven years of memories and freezing tiles kept me awake. I thought of all the parties, the dinners, the friendships made in this home. I went onto our massive wraparound balcony and…
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December 17, 2010