

Learning Curves
These early days, I’m on a steep learning curve, I’ve been gathering data quickly, often by taking photographs so I have a visual. I am...


Week One
Sometimes I think I can read minds, but my daughters can definitely read mine. My kiddos are waiting at King Shaka in Durban after I’ve...


Getting to Durban
The trip is about forty hours long, split between three take-offs and landings. Savannah to JFK to Istanbul to Johannesburg to Durban. In...


Progress on SA Time
After a thorough search, with all we have learned during our stay, we make a decision. It’s April, and we are signing papers for our new...


Trigger Happy
In December of 2018, my husband and I make the day-and-a half trek to South Africa. We decide to spend six weeks this time, because our...


Fork in the Road
Ever since my parents retired to Florida in the 1970's, I have been without a family base in close proximity. They sold our home in...