One year ago, to this day Those men took your life away Your family still trying to heal from such a tragic steal. For your loved ones it will never be the same Sad that in South Africa a man is fair game. Remember you still, as we always will. A friend in need. A […]
Nelson Mandela. Madiba – Â as he was fondly known. Legend. Leader. Today marks a special day in history as the world reflects on Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) and the profound impact he had on the entire human population. And I take this moment, with everybody else, to think and reflect on how he shaped my own […]
Our plan was to celebrate your birthday today. Send you tons of those facebook messages with good wishes and witty sayings after facebook so promptly would have reminded everybody today on their news feeds, to do so. I know you just recently had a lot to say about that on your own timeline ! A […]
I don’t usually post such personal, emotional stories with real names on my blog, but I made an exception temporarily with this  blog post that I dedicated to my friend who died tragically in South Africa recently. I wrote it on the day of his funeral as part of me paying my final respect to […]
Life was so different since I got that call in Vietnam about my mother’s health… and I have not even shown my pictures to my lovely husband since I returned. But today I looked at them…and spotted this one that I took the day before I got the news. Before it would have been just […]
Today is the first day I have the courage to visit my blog again. Three weeks since I left my last entry and I am still not sure I have anything creative to say even though I have had a lot on my mind over the past 3 weeks.. But maybe writing about some of […]
My name is Ilze.
Blue...the colour of my eyes.
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