Thandi is the 35 year old mother of 3 children who grew up in one of Cape Town’s townships. She met her knight in shining armour while studying at UCT in her first year, before being whisked away to start a family 4 years later. They have two biological children, one adopted daughter, and hope to adopt a boy soon, and complete their family (though they are well aware that in the adoption world, you never say never). Now living in a little town in the Swartland, they enjoy the fresh air while educating their children at home.
Adopting a baby is almost like falling pregnant. You hope for the best but you have no idea ...
I am their mother because their mothers believe I have everything they need ...
There are so many reasons not to adopt, according to some. So many reasons not to complicate your ...
Adoption is beautiful but adoption is predicated on loss. I am thankful that your choice was to put ...
The marvellous far outweighs the mundane, because in the mundane, I see the blessings I do not deserve ...
People praise adoptive parents for “taking in someone else’s child and making them their own”, but you know ...
My daughter's birth mother was thankful. I didn’t want her gratitude. Not at all. I was the one ...
Adoption is fraught with uncertainties. Our children changed how we would make our choice ...
I dreamed of the day we’d receive our call about a baby we had been matched with. It ...
It has taken us seven years to get past one long detour that seemed to take us off ...