Not another middle-aged mom blogger!

 



My name is Rose and I am a 41 year old wife and mom of teenage twin boys. I recently moved from the gang-infested, crime-ridden Cape Flats to the leafy Suburbs of Durbanville in Cape Town, South Africa.

I decided to start this blog to share my random thoughts, my experiences, my past and present struggles and my life journey. I expected the move to the Suburbs to be amazing and don't get me wrong it has been but it's also been a culture shock and lonely at times, I miss the sense of community I had in my previous neighbourhood. That's why I decided to start this blog...

I hope to connect with other women on similar journeys and would love my writing to be a source of encouragement, laughter, tears, motivation and who knows...even forge new friendships. Life is a blessing but it can also be challenging, lonely and depressing especially with the Covid pandemic so I also want this blog to be a source of hope...

Lots of love and blessings...I will be back soon. :-)

💓

BidorBuy

Location: Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa

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  1. Leslene Allicia BritzMarch 4, 2021 at 4:54 AM

    The best to blog everything my darling. I've been blogging for over 10 years now and I can truly say, it's totally freeing. Don't stop Rose. It will set yourself free on days you feel down and set someone else free on their up and down days.

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    1. Rose FredericksMarch 4, 2021 at 5:01 AM

      Wow thank you so much for the encouragement and words of wisdom Leslene, it means a lot. I will definitely take your advice and keep going. And it's so true, it's therapeutic and freeing.

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