Category: Meet the Mama

Meet the Mama {Lisa Casson}

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Today Lisa chats to us about how her family has grown through adoption. Thanks for sharing your story, Lisa (and for the gorgeous pics of little Liya)!

Tell us a bit about your family.

We’re the Cassons and we adopted our first child and daughter, Liya, in 2013 and recently brought home a baby boy, Tobi, who we’re in the process of adopting. My husband and I have our own business which allows me to be very hands on with the kids.Continue Reading

Meet the Mama {Thandi Nkomo}

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Thandi and I started chatting through this blog a few months ago – she was exploring adoption options in Cape Town and had lots of questions! Fast forward a few short months  and Thandi has her baby girl home with her and is planning to repeat the whole process again soon – brave mama! Thank you for sharing your beautiful story with us, Thandi.

Tell us a bit about your family.

We’re a family of 5 at the moment, with another adoption planned in the next few months. Homeschool mom, hands-on dad, 9 yearold biological son, 9 year old biological daughter and one adorable 6 month old adopted girl.Continue Reading

Meet the Mama {Robyn Wolfson Vorster}

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Tell us a bit about your family.

This year marks the 21st anniversary of the year when Neil and I first met.  We were friends for years before we finally surprised ourselves by falling in love.  We’ve now been married for 13 years and run a chaotic household in our leafy suburb in Johannesburg consisting of two twenty somethings (Neil’s daughters from his first marriage who call our house home), our seven year old son Luke, our two year old daughter Asha, three cats, six fish and every wild bird, insect or snail that my compassionate children can find to care for.Continue Reading

Meet the Mama {Elicia Smithen}

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Tell us a bit about your family

I’ve known John, it seems, forever.  We were in a group of friends when we were younger and then went separate ways before meeting up again in the UK. We’ll be married 8 years next year. We both quite like our ‘home bubbles’ and are kinda nerdy at heart.Continue Reading