@MashitishoA@Tina_Hokwana@StandardBankZA@Amahashi_ Well done for getting your mom’s money back- this is such a great relief.
I wish we had something going for @AbsaSouthAfrica because yoh - scammers of note and their fraud team is equally useless when it comes to investigating such matters.
@BassieLastrassi Unfortunately @AbsaSouthAfrica isn’t exempt from stories like these - my father lost all his money and submitted all relevant documents - and every time he followed up they’d ask for the same documents over and over again - and then 2 days later they said they wont reimburse him
HOW TO DRAW CLOSER TO GOD 2026
1. Start your mornings with prayer.
Invite God into every day.
2. Open your Bible before touching your phone.
3. Talk to God about what's heavy on your heart.
4. Practice gratitude daily.
5. Stop stressing about what you can't change.
6. Thank God for small blessings throughout the day.
7. Let go of the bitterness you've been holding onto.
8. Talk to God about everything.
9. Fast from what feeds your flesh more than your faith.
10. Spend more time in His Word, not just in your thoughts.
11. Stop giving time to things that pull you away from Him.
12. Spend time with people who push you closer to Jesus.
13. Don't isolate; you need community to grow.
14. Be kind to yourself, grace is part of growth.
15. End the day in prayer: reflect, repent, and thank Him.
My wife is away for work, and I am utterly adrift without her.
Nights feel longer. The silence is heavier. I find it hard to sleep without her beside me, her breathing, her warmth, the quiet gravity of her presence. Day by day, we’ve woven ourselves into each other’s rhythm thread by thread until I can no longer tell where I end, and she begins.
There’s no one to watch shows with, pausing to laugh or comment on a character’s foolishness. No one to share a meal with, not just the food, but the feeling of being known while eating. Sometimes, we just sit in silence, doing our individual tasks, but in that silence, I feel safe, loved and understood.
Marriage, when done right, isn’t a prison. It’s a greenhouse. You grow in it upward, outward. You bloom. I only wish I’d married her sooner.
Every act of sacrifice I make for her big or small is done not out of duty but devotion. Because she has brought such rich, radiant meaning to my life.
I remember coming home exhausted one night and falling asleep on the couch. I woke up with my shoes off, a blanket tucked around me and somehow, that moment told me everything I needed to know about love.
Marriage, when in sync with the right person, is like downshifting from gear 8 to gear 3 as you approach the Bus Stop chicane at Spa-Francorchamps.
You’re flying at 300 kph, the engine screaming, the world a blur, and then
8. 7. 6. 5.4.3.
Your brain compresses time.
Your left foot dances.
Your fingers are poised.
Your soul smiles.
Each downshift lands like a heartbeat, perfectly in time. The engine brake sings a beautiful symphony of pressure and grace. The gearbox spits and crackles like applause in a cathedral. The car shudders not in fear but in response. It’s alive. And you are dancing with it.
As you trail-brake into the corner, the rear end flickers just enough to remind you that you're mortal, but you're calm. Gear 3 locks in. The car rotates like it’s thinking with you, not against you. You glide over the curb, short-shift to 4th, and rocket out of the apex with purpose.
That’s what marriage is.
When it works, it’s not chaos. It’s control. It’s not noise. It’s harmony.
It’s not slowing down, it’s finding the right gear to move forward together.
@mbalimcdust This is such a well thought out plan 🙌🏾 there won’t be any doubt in anyone’s mind about your wishes for your kids if the unthinkable happens. Great job mama.
Having lost a parent at a young age nothing worries me more than dying before my kids are self sufficient adults.
In case I die before, I have set up testamentary trusts for them. They also have their own banks accounts, tax free savings accounts, unit trusts, global accounts etc
I have two trusted friends, my mom and my executor in charge of the trust.
I have left detailed instructions on the kinds of holidays they should be allowed to, schools they should attend both in terms of values and resources.
I have written them letters of the twenty friends I have that I have briefed to help them in things I can’t predict like where to go to uni, how to chat to girls/boys, what type of car is a good first buy, to ask them for internships etc
I have also written detailed medical information about their family and any possible issues they need to be on the look out for which may be hereditary.
Lastly I have set up private Instagram accounts for them that they can access when they are older to remember their childhoods with me. I also regularly print photos and put them into their separate albums. As a last resort I also started two seperate WhatsApp groups of their seperate updates so that if all else fails their family members on the group will all have the photos and can share them with them.
I’m planning on living till at least 87 not for me but for them.
Let me know what else other people are doing.
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