#Death

Jul 24, 20192 min read

Where Angels Fear To Tread

I am a Perinatal Bereavement Doula. Yes, unfortunately working with dead babies is part of my job. I dry broken parents’ tears. I take...

Jul 17, 20192 min read

THE BABY LOSS CLUB

The loneliest club in the world… The Baby Loss Club is not for the fainthearted. It is a club with non-negotiable terms and lifelong...

May 21, 20195 min read

Time’s Forever Frozen Still

Saying ‘Bon Voyage’ to my parents at OR Tambo today We took my parents to the airport this afternoon – they are flying out to the States...

Jun 4, 20185 min read

There is nothing ordinary about death

Photo by Burst on Pexels.com Just an ordinary Saturday morning. In an ordinary mall. In an ordinary clothing store stall. Trying on quite...

Jan 4, 20173 min read

Saying Goodbye to Baby R

I wrote this in Afrikaans originally but I have translated it for this website: Babies should smell like baby powder and Elizabeth Anne’s...

Nov 4, 20159 min read

Beautiful Pain

This was my first official experience as Bereavement Doula and one that I will always keep very close to my heart. I wrote about this in...