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Every caregiving journey is unique and often shaped by complicated relationships. It feels even heavier when the relationship between you and your loved one is strained. I wouldn’t call my relationship with my mom strained, but it certainly wasn’t all rosy. There was a lot of hurt and trauma, making it challenging for all of us. Listening to Emma’s journey and hearing from others who shared their unique experiences as caregivers on the podcast made me eternally grateful to my

As a South African mama now living in Australia, something we don’t always think through when immigrating is how much extra help we leave behind. Whether it’s family pitching in or just the convenience and access to other affordable services. That kind of support isn’t as easy to come by here. Manual labour in Australia is crazy expensive! So, like many other families before us and those still to come, we’ve had to find many little ways to make a crazy busy life a little less

Lone Women by Victor Lavalle is a Gothic-horror Western about strong, fearless, interdependent women in the early Wild West of the US. Historical fiction with a dash of the paranormal.

I’m here for the Gillian Flynn-esque mystery with a dash of E.L. James spice! Nothing Is As It Seems Although "Verity" takes a turn away...

It's not easy finding handcrafted Italian Leather that doesn't also cost a small fortune. It's like waiting on your one true love - it takes patience, and you certainly don't force it. It finds YOU. It's destiny. So, when I stumbled upon the Vestirsi range, I took it as a sign of divine intervention and wasted no time. I've never been happier about a purchase.

I'm going to be honest, since it's the theme of this book. I only read Jennette McCurdy's memoir, I'm Glad My Mom Died , after...

To know the REAL Melbourne, to discover its quirks and beauty, you must first get lost, and you’ll be amazed by what you find.

One of the most pleasantly surprising facts I learned from Britney’s book The Woman In Me, and which I didn’t mention in my initial review when I first read it, is that the princess of pop started her career under the wings of South African-born music producers. Yep, you heard right. The owners of Jive Records, one of the biggest music labels in the US at the time, were none other than our very own sons of the soil: Clive Calder and Ralph Simon.

Review by Bloom Create Inspire on the magic and mystery surrounding "The Lost Bookshop" by Evie Woods. I share my personal account of how this magic spills over into my life.

The other night, while the boys were away at soccer practice, I peeked into my daughter’s room to ask her what she was up to. She...

My review of our family's visit to Waterbom in Kuta, Bali

My toxic trait is researching any topic I find interesting for hours, days, or even months until I basically have a PhD on the subject....

All The World's A Stage...With Lots Of Good Lighting And filters. It's scary that in a time of social media and having the whole world at...

Bloom Create Inspire's review of Colleen Hoover's novel, It Ends With Us, explores themes of trauma and judgment.

Woman applying pink lipstick In my twenties, I couldn't imagine ever being forty. It was unthinkable. Most of our moms were in their...