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jaje
@jaje Sep 20, 2017, 8:26 AM UTC

The Arniston Shipwreck off the coast of South Africa

Shipwreck - Arniston https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/EastIndiaman.jpg Image Source The Indian and Atlantic oceans meet at Cape Agulhas, the seas are very rough and there are over…

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jaje
@jaje Sep 18, 2017, 2:31 PM UTC

Reaching 70 -

Image Today is my seventieth birthday. As I look back on the past, I did all the usual things, school - the less said the better. I worked in various offices, with receptionist being the job I liked…

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@jaje Sep 6, 2017, 12:41 PM UTC

Most embarrassing

We had been at the 'going out' stage for months and then there was a romantic proposal, down on one knee in a restaurant, which was accepted with happiness. The whole restaurant applauded. Image - Pi…

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@jaje Sep 2, 2017, 8:55 AM UTC

A better holiday

I'd like to take you with me on holiday. We lived in Ladysmith, in the middle of KZN (KwaZulu-Natal) We decided to go to Cape Town for our holiday. 1,600 kilometres, in a car with three children, age…

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@jaje Aug 26, 2017, 10:06 AM UTC

Job hunting

https://steemitimages.com/DQmaVFcEDVWY74Z2khDgvP5QYwDNSuR1f6wqbAnM77jwbHc/S5000307.JPG I have written 2 blogs so far about my search for work when my children were old enough to manage with a part-ti…

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@jaje Aug 21, 2017, 3:15 PM UTC

A memorable family holiday

We were a family of five, the regulation Mother and Father, 2 daughters and 1 son. We lived inland, far from the sea, and we were finally going to Port Edward on holiday. It took us five hours to dri…

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@jaje Aug 17, 2017, 2:39 PM UTC

Anniversaries

Some friends of mine spent four hours in separate cars in a traffic jam in a big city on their wedding anniversary. That made me remember how we spent our twelfth anniversary with my husband in the h…

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@jaje Aug 13, 2017, 10:14 AM UTC

Living with an alcoholic, my story.

I read a blog about addiction the other day. I would like to write about the others involved in the situation. My husband started drinking heavily after our children were born. All of a sudden I was…

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@jaje Aug 5, 2017, 2:00 PM UTC

Driving through life.

I remember the day that I got my drivers' licence. It was cold and windy, but I was as happy as a bug in a rug. At long last I was legal to drive on the roads on my own and if I was stopped by a traf…

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@jaje Aug 1, 2017, 2:49 PM UTC

Working for confidence

When my daughter grew up and finished her studies a university she and her fiance opened a clothing shop. After all the years of job-hunting, I finally got a job working as a cashier in their clothes…

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