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How I chose my children’s names

May 21, 2013 0

This month, I read the incredibly moving book “Endings & Beginnings” by Redi Tlhabi. One aspect of the book which struck me was how a child given a name meaning sorrow was so negatively impacted by his name. I have 4 children, their names and the meanings were carefully chosen. As a child, I had a best friend Dominique, she …

A South African wife, poet and mother. Sula was the founding member of the Durban Live Poets Society (LiPS) in 1995 which she headed until leaving Durban in 2000. She has had journal extracts published in Fair Lady Magazine and in the anthology “Glass Jars Among Trees” and her poetry, for which she has won several prizes, has been published in various South African and international anthologies. Sula is a loving mother to 4 children and loves hiking, the outdoors, reading, writing, cooking, baking and sewing. (written by my husband :) ) You can e-mail Sula at sula1968@gmail.com