Socially Savant

There comes a point when being consumed by everything needs to stop. You find the people around you boring. The family drama draining. That’s when being still needs to happen for you to hear your soul whisper: ‘‘take care of me please. I am starving for attention. I’m hungry for affection’. I turned 26, then 27. Next thing it was 29, now I am 30 (please note how much I’ve been editing this post). In a space of a few weeks prior to my 29 th birthday I was so unhappy with where I was in life. The flat I lived in was cold and dark. It was a true reflection of me and where I was emotionally. I needed it to stop. A friend invited me to an all expenses paid holiday in Cape Town. I grabbed the chance and was on a plane to the beginning of my 29 th year. I had a blast and on that Sunday afternoon friends invited us to climb Lion’s Head an landmark that will test your hiking and climbing abilities. I was there ready to climb this mountain. In my head I thought easy peasy. But littl...

The token of privilege and what it means says that you are given an advantage. An opportunity someone else was dying to have. I understood the words; ‘you are so privileged’ and noting that I was not deserving, throughout my life. I grew up in a beautiful, wealthy suburb called Westville in Durban. I still live there in fact but I live alone and my mom still lives there with my younger sister. A few things have turned for us in the recent years, which I will share in another blog. When I was born mom was a domestic worker. She was a single parent and up till this day I have come to understand mom’s life to be that of single parenting. So she had me and the couple she worked for at the time took it upon themselves to help her raise me the best way possible. This meant I was sent to great schools money could offer. I went for swimming lessons as a toddler and I enjoyed the best experiences when it came to life. I was different compared to family members like my cousins and I...

I would like to formally introduce myself as I will not do it on this platform ever again. Instead I will be enhancing my life. I am a young, bold, enthusiastic woman who enjoys nothing more than to meet other people. I also love to blog, writing is my passion I gauge from previous experiences in life and I share what I can, what I deem plausible for others to know. People watching on social networks and occasionally at coffee shops, is exactly the things that keep me inspired. I value family values and loyalty. I am running my own race. I know that my calling is much greater than I have imagined in my head, and trusting in God I know I will reach my destiny. I pray you are blessed in my sharing. I was raised in the backrooms of the servant courters (essentially 2 rooms) in a very luscious suburb called Westville in Durban South Africa. I was raised by the village being in the form of a church. A church that had people from all walks of life. My influences are therefore, E...