27/03/2026
As for us — our babies turned 5 this week 🥹
It was a week of celebrations, and like most birthdays allow for reflection, I realised how their becoming is, in fact, also my becoming. Being a mom takes you apart and puts you back together in the most spectacular way.
There isn’t a corner in our home that isn’t marked with rainbow colours or handmade treasures. And I’m not exaggerating. (They do, however, have a 38-year-old instigator…)
Oh, if I could, I would listen to their wild imaginations all day long.
Tradouw…
You used to bring me rocks. So many rocks 😅 “Treasures,” you’d say. And now those treasures have turned into —
paper aeroplanes, drawings of very… interesting characters, and stories that sometimes feel like they might never end 😅
My dreamer, you imagine and create (with great detail). You give the ordinary a little more life. I admire your depth.
Dalia…
So sure of yourself in the quietest way.
The other day she told me she prefers Dalia… not Dali. One of those small, big moments where it quietly settles in —
she’s not just mine to name anymore.
Henré calls it bittersoet.
I call it hartseer-lief — where you are not needed in the same ways anymore… and yet, somehow, needed even more 🥰
You determination amazes me. Your gentleness, so sweet!
Tradouw recently asked me what I want to be when I grow up 😅
Dalia interrupted, matter-of-factly — she wants to be a doctor.
Tradouw followed with a shrug:
“...ek weet nie wat ék wil wees nie.”
I caught myself answering automatically —
“Ag my skat, mamma is nóú nog nie seker wat ek wil word nie.”
And somewhere in that moment, I realised… maybe we’re not meant to have it all figured out.
I’ve stopped trying to define it all —
and started embracing the wonder of it. Chaos and emotions included (wild ride…).
A world where nothing has to be fully known.
Where being present is enough.
Where the magic of being 5 doesn’t need explanation — it simply exists for us to marvel at. And we're the lucky ones going along for the ride! 🥰
Grateful. Honoured. Amazed.
Ons hou van julle! X
