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Thoughts, discoveries and small moments from a life still unfolding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not a story with an ending.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a collection of thoughts, moments and discoveries as I learn what it means to grow beyond the life I once knew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Bookshelf<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Our Stopover Adventures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

on the way to Johannesburg<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wild Times \u2013 Kruger<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

family moments in the Kruger<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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