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The Language of Letting Go

I’ve always maintained that parenting hit me like a brick and a cushion. A brick, because the jarring, unyielding, transformations that you…

Jan 31, 2018

Jan 31, 2018

cathjenkin

The Art of Growing Up

[I write my daughter a letter, every year, on her birthday]

Jun 17, 2017

Jun 17, 2017

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The Seventh of Seeking, in the Forest of Context.

The loss of your parents will teach you everything you never wanted to learn about yourself.

May 30, 2017

May 30, 2017

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The Blume of Blooms

If you grew up in the decade before, during, or after, I did, you’ll know this book. Maybe you read it, maybe you didn’t — it was, back…

Mar 6, 2017

Mar 6, 2017

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Walking Into Faith

This has nothing to do with religion.

Dec 9, 2016

Dec 9, 2016

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Say What You Mean

A friend died. He wasn’t my BFF, main bro or every day in my life dude. But he was a friend. That’s not what matters though, because the…

Dec 6, 2016

Dec 6, 2016

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I should be used to being frightened.

I’ve become so used to people looking concerned as they look over my head at a screen. Pained expressions, as they quizzically try to make…

Oct 7, 2016

Oct 7, 2016

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Hey Mom, I’m Getting Married | Six Years

It’s six years since we had to say goodbye. You’ve missed all of the parts I wish you could’ve seen. All those things you wished for me are…

Jun 3, 2016

Hey Mom, I’m Getting Married | Six Years

Jun 3, 2016

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You Have A Nice Face

As a teenager, I used to catch the bus home from university every day. If I was lucky, I could catch an early bus, then a second one and be…

Apr 16, 2016

Apr 16, 2016

cathjenkin

I worry for the quiet ones.

The way I see it, we’re not getting anywhere close to where we need to be. Wound up in the worldly items we’re somehow taught to care…

Mar 30, 2016

Mar 30, 2016

cathjenkin

cathjenkin

Media Consultant. Writer. Pocket Rocket. Columnist. Mama. Loves clever mondegreens & a good meme. Lives in Durban, Works Everywhere - it's called the Internet.

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