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To Be A Dad – meet Timothy van de Venter

Let me start with a bit of context: I'm not a dad, but I have a dad and I'm an uncle to four nieces, a nephew and a bunch of my friends kids. I'm also the godfather to three girls, two of which are my nieces. I regularly have the privilege of getting to babysit (look after) my niblings (the collective term for nieces and nephews) and I know that that doesn't make me a [...]

By brettfish|2014-11-06T22:27:54+02:00November 6th, 2014|family, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|3 Comments

Taboo Topics: Cancer [Intro]

Cancer is a beast! it used to be this far off distant disease that you heard about and was pretty scary, but i'll bet you most people these days know someone who has been through it, is currently suffering from it or undergoing treatment, or knows a number of people who have died from it. my gran, Doris Anderson, died of skin-cancer related issues. as did my uncle David Anderson. and then just recently my [...]

By brettfish|2016-12-02T16:54:02+02:00March 22nd, 2013|friends and enemas, life, people, Taboo Topics|8 Comments